Great sound –
for all headphones
The Phonitor xe offers connections for standard headphones with a jack plug and for balanced headphones with a 4-pin XLR connector.

Thanks to its high output power, it drives all headphones effortlessly and with ease, allowing it to leverage the advantages of SPL VOLTAiR technology and reward the listener with an honest, detailed, and at the same time vivid sound experience.

Simply twofold
The Phonitor xe offers headphone outputs on the front and on the back. Use the front panel to switch between F (Front) and R (Rear). This allows your favorite headphones to remain permanently connected to the rear – without visible cabling on the front.

Solid craftsmanship
The massive 45mm volume knob, milled from aluminum, is a haptic highlight. In combination with the motorized Alps RK27 "Big Blue" potentiometer, its mass creates a wonderful "spoon in honey" rotation feel.

The red indicator LED ensures that the volume parameter is clearly visible even in darkened environments.

Remote control
The volume control can be operated using any infrared remote control.

The Phonitor xe learns to communicate with it at the simple push of a button.

Free choice
Up to six (6!) stereo sources can be connected to the Phonitor xe:
XLR, RCA, and via the optional DAC768, also USB, COAX, OPTICAL, and AES.

The Phonitor xe accepts almost all audio connections. Balanced via XLR or unbalanced via RCA jacks.

With the optional DAC768, four additional digital sources are added. From USB to the professional AES format, no wishes remain unfulfilled.

The DAC768

The highly acclaimed AKM AK4490 Velvet SoundTM Premium DAC chip is used as the converter chip in the optional digital-to-analog converter, reproducing the finest sound details thanks to its architecture.

It converts PCM audio with a resolution of 32 bits and a sampling rate of up to 768 kHz, which corresponds to 16 times CD resolution. Direct Stream Digital is also supported up to a resolution of DSD4 or DSD256. Unlike the DAC768xs, the DAC768 offers not only an AES/EBU digital input but also the SPL DLP120 with VOLTAiR technology.

The DLP120 (Dual Low-Pass)

Every signal routed from a DAC chip into the analog world must be filtered through a low-pass filter. The DLP120 contains two of them: one for PCM and one for DSD audio signals, as different roll-off frequencies are required.

Unlike all other DACs in the world, our analog low-pass filters use SPL VOLTAiR technology, which provides a plus in dynamics, headroom, and sound.

Good old days
Two mechanical VU meters visualize the input levels for the left and right audio channels.

Use the VU switch to optimize the display for different signal levels.

Finding the center
is not always easy. Naturally, hearing can be biased more to the left or more to the right. This becomes particularly noticeable when listening with headphones.

Therefore, the Phonitor xe features a uniquely fine-tuned laterality control. This brings the stereo image back into balance.

Use the MODE switch to choose between stereo or mono playback. This switch also activates the laterality control.

The revolution: Phonitor Matrix
The Phonitor Matrix is the revolution in headphone amplification.

Thanks to the Phonitor Matrix, music can be experienced through headphones just as if it were being played back via loudspeakers. The tiring super-stereo effect is thus a thing of the past.

Enjoy your music without listening fatigue and exactly as it was meant to be heard.

Analog inputs: XLR (balanced), RCA

Input level (max.)
32.5 dBu

Input impedance (RCA)
20 kΩ

Input impedance (XLR)
20 kΩ

Common mode rejection (XLR)
82 dB

Digital inputs: DAC768 (optional)

AES/EBU (XLR), PCM sample rates:
44.1/48/88.2/96/176.4/192 kHz

Coaxial SPDIF (RCA), PCM sample rates:
44.1/48/88.2/96/176.4/192 kHz

Optical SPDIF (Toslink F06), PCM sample rates:
44.1/48/88.2/96/with fiber optic < 1m: 176.4/192 kHz

USB (B), PCM sample rates:
44.1/48/88.2/96/176.4/192/352.8/384/705.6/768 kHz

USB (B), DSD over PCM (DoP), sample rates
2.8 (DSD64), 5.6 (DSD128), 11.2 (DSD256) MHz

0 dBfs calibrated to
15 dBu

Balanced headphone output: 4-pin XLR (balanced)

Pin assignment
1 = L (+), 2 = L (-), 3 = R (+), 4 = R (-)

Source impedance
0.36 Ω

Damping factor (40 Ω)
180

Frequency range (-3 dB)
10 Hz – 300 kHz

Crosstalk (1 kHz)
-90 dB

THD + N (10 Hz – 22 kHz, 0 dBu)
0.00082 %

Noise (A-weighted)
-98 dBu

Output power (+30 dBu @ 1 kHz, 600 Ω)
2 x 1.4 W

Output power (+30 dBu @ 1 kHz, 120 Ω)
2 x 5 W

Output power (+30 dBu @ 1 kHz, 32 Ω)
2 x 2.7 W

Dynamic range
130.5 dB

Standard headphone output: 6.35 mm TRS jack

Pin assignment
Tip = left, ring = right, sleeve = GND

Source impedance
0.18 Ω

Damping factor (40 Ω)
180

Frequency range (-3 dB)
10 Hz – 300 kHz

Crosstalk (1 kHz)
-90 dB

THD + N (10 Hz – 22 kHz, 0 dBu)
0.00082 %

Noise (A-weighted)
-103 dBu

Output power (+30 dBu @ 1 kHz, 600 Ω)
2 x 1 W

Output power (+30 dBu @ 1 kHz, 120 Ω)
2 x 3.7 W

Output power (+30 dBu @ 1 kHz, 32 Ω)
2 x 2.7 W

Dynamic range
135.5 dB

Internal power supply; linear power supply with shielded toroidal transformer

Operating voltage for analog audio electronics
+/- 60 V

Operating voltage for relays and LEDs
+ 12 V

Power supply

Mains voltage (switchable, see fuse chamber)
230 V AC / 50; 115 V AC / 60 Hz

Fuse for 230 V
T 500 mA

Fuse for 115 V
T 1 A

Power consumption
max. 40 VA

Standby power consumption
< 0.3 W

Dimensions & weight

W x H x D (width x height incl. feet x depth)
278 x 100 x 300 mm
11 x 4 x 11.81 inch

Device weight
4.9 kg

Shipping weight (incl. packaging)
5.6 kg

Herstellerangaben:

SPL electronics GmbH
Sohlweg 80
41372 , Niederkrüchten
Germany
info@spl.audio