Description
Condition: Excellent. Recently serviced — all tubes test excellent. Comes with original box, remote, and power cord.
About the BAT VK-80 Preamplifier
Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) is one of America’s most respected high-end audio manufacturers, known for their uncompromising fully-balanced, tube-based designs. The VK-80 is a top-tier vacuum tube linestage preamplifier built around BAT’s proprietary Unistage circuit topology — a single-stage, zero-feedback design that places the shortest possible signal path between input and output. The result is an extraordinarily natural, transparent, and dimensional sound that BAT tube preamplifiers are renowned for worldwide.
The VK-80 features fully balanced circuitry throughout, from the input to the output, and uses six 6H30 “Supertube” triodes per channel — the same tube found in some of the finest audio equipment ever made. With exceptional build quality, real-world reliability, and a captivating musical presentation, the VK-80 represents a significant step toward the top of BAT’s preamplifier lineup.
Key Specifications
- Topology: Fully balanced, zero-feedback, single-stage Unistage circuit
- Tube Complement: 6H30 “Supertube” triodes
- Inputs: 4 x Balanced XLR, 2 x Single-Ended RCA (switchable)
- Outputs: 2 x Balanced XLR, 1 x Single-Ended RCA
- Gain: 14 dB (balanced), 8 dB (single-ended)
- Output Impedance: 200 ohms (balanced)
- Frequency Response: 2Hz – 200kHz
- THD: <0.1% at 2V output
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >100 dB (A-weighted)
- Volume Control: Motorized precision stepped attenuator with remote
- Dimensions: 19″ W x 4″ H x 17″ D
- Weight: approx. 38 lbs
