Balanced Audio Techn. VK-150-SE Brochure

VK-75SE VK-150SE

To an extent previously unknown,

they sound like no amplifier at all.

monoblock

stereo

Just music.

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The VK-75SE and VK-150SE establish a new standard of transparency for tube amplification.

Music without the window

The VK-75SE is startlingly quiet. Instrumental timbres are rendered with
effortless accuracy. Retrieval of the subtlest ambient information, coupled
with the completely natural decay of musical tones, creates a spatial illusion
constrained only by decisions in the recording booth. The VK-75SE’s sound is
virtually grainless, sharing the liquid ease of previous tube designs without
their thickening of instrumental images. The VK-75SE sounds like no other
amplifier, tube or solid-state. More than ever before, it sounds like no
amplifier at all. Just music.

Dynamic truth

Supported by its own dedicated power supply, the 6H30 SuperTube’s high
current, high transconductance, and low plate resistance allow it to track
amplitude changes in the musical signal with vanishingly small error. This
accuracy makes possible the VK-75SE’s superior ambience retrieval, but it
also works in synergy with the VK-75SE’s 6C33C-B power tubes to create
dynamic responsiveness. Each note’s fundamental and its harmonics retain
their correct relative loudness, defining timbre and texture. Microdynamic
shadings are rendered with delicacy. The slam and growl of orchestral
thunder remain visceral and undiluted. If, as scientists assert, dynamic
honesty remains the most recognizable difference between live music and
recordings, the VK-75SE closes the gap substantially.

Beauty and convenience

The VK-75SE features BAT’s sophisticated automatic bias control for each
individual output tube. Complementing the amplifier’s convenience and

remarkable sound is a redesigned two-piece black and silver faceplate

machined from block aluminum, incorporating an elegant “wing”

that dissipates heat and provides additional vibration control for the

sensitive driver stage.

The VK-150SE monoblock

The monoblock version of the VK-75SE, the VK-150SE supplies a

prodigious 150 watts of output power. The stereo VK-75SE can

be fully upgraded to VK-150SE monoblock status. In either
version, BAT special edition tube amplifiers join our special
edition preamplifiers and CD player at the edge of the art

of music reproduction.

Specifications

VK-75SE VK-150SE

Number of channels: 21
Output power into 8 or 4 Ω

(at less than 3% THD): 75 W 150 W

Frequency response -3 dB: 7 Hz to 200 kHz 7 Hz to 200 kHz
Input impedance—each phase: 200 kΩ 100 kΩ

Input sensitivity: 1 V 1 V

Power supply energy storage: 600 joules 600 joules

Power consumption:

at idle 500 VA 500 VA
at full power 1000 VA 1000 VA

Tube complement:

6C33C-B 44
6SN7 66
6H30 22
6V6 22

Dimensions (W x H x D): 17" x 8" x 24" 17" x 8" x 24"

(43 cm x 20 cm x 61 cm) (43 cm x 20 cm x 61 cm)

Weight: 90 lb. (40 kg) 90 lb. (40 kg)

VK-75SE&

VK-150SE

The Balanced Audio Technology VK-75SE establishes a new standard

of transparency for tube amplification. This unique Special Edition
design incorporates the 6H30 SuperTube, introduced to the audio world
in our reference VK-50SE preamplifier. Operating in BAT’s all-triode,
fully balanced, zero-feedback topology, this driver tube feeds the power
tubes a waveform of unprecedented fidelity. With this pristine signal,
the virtues of the single-ended bridge design are multiplied, resulting in
a presentation of the musical event that is astonishing in its realism.

Visit your BAT audio specialist to experience
the VK-75SE and VK-150SE for yourself.

All you need to do is listen.

26 Beethoven Drive 800.255.4228☎302.999.8818 fax
Wilmington DE 19807 302.999.8855

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