Moonlight is the first headphone amplifier that all has begun with. Primarily it was a budgetary portable headphone amplifier powered by one 9V NiMH battery but yet in those days it was revolutionary due to circuits used. There was at least several major changes to the design and part content over last 5 years, leading to sound quality comparable to the basic version of Black Pearl with the only limitation of the supply voltage being 12V and resulting maximum voltage swing and power. On the good side is its extremely low output impedance and very low power consumption. Both the amplifier and the power supply unit are quite handy in placement and transportation. You can choose between silver and black aluminum chassis from Hammond, with corresponding volume knob made of aluminum as well. The enclousures come from the 1455K1201 series.

 

Technical data:
- power supply voltage: 12V DC, PSU bundled
- idle power consumption: 0.5W
- input impedance: 10kΩ
- input sensitivity: 750mV
- headphone output impedance: 0.09Ω
- rated output power: 300mW/30Ω, 40mW/300Ω
- circuit gain: 12dB

- maximum output voltage: 3.5V
- frequency response ±1dB with 16Ω headphones: 11Hz – 6MHz
- channel separation @ 1kHz: 47dB on 16Ω headphones, 80dB with no load

Price: 250€