Bakoon Products PRE-7610MK4 Preamplifier

Equipped with newly developed HIBIKI-IC. Breaks the notion that preamps are unnecessary for amplifiers with volume control.

The PRE-7610MK4 is a preamplifier with a completely redesigned circuit board that far surpasses the MK3 in performance. Its overwhelming driving power and immense information content definitively challenge the conventional belief that "preamps are unnecessary for power amplifiers with volume control."

Outstanding sound quality improvement with HIBIKI-IC

The SATRI-IC circuit in this unit has been enhanced with the newly developed HIBIKI-IC.

• Increased information and realism: This circuit dramatically increases the richness, information content, and realism of the sound.
• Wide range: The already vast range is further expanded, effortlessly extending from low to high frequencies, delivering a very natural sound.
• High-end class performance: Despite its compact size of 78mm(H) x 235mm(W) x 295mm(D), it offers content and performance comparable to high-end models.

Enables full-current transmission system construction

• Abundant inputs and outputs: Equipped with a total of five inputs: three voltage inputs and two current inputs via SATRI-LINK.
• SATRI-LINK output: By combining the output with a power amplifier equipped with SATRI-LINK input, a full-current transmission system can be constructed.
• Control capability: It is also capable of excellently controlling power amplifiers from other manufacturers.

PRE-7610 MK4——The moment the sound comes into focus

Adding the PRE-7610 MK4 brings the sound image into focus at once.
When listening to the ATC monitor, the difference is obvious, the thin haze surrounding the music disappears, and the details stand out with surprising clarity.
The structure of the chords, the texture of the friction of the bow, the rustling of the audience, the sound of the feet on the floor, and the breathing of the performers.
All of the sounds emerge as “sounds that are there” and are as clear as looking into the stage through transparent glass.
It's similar to the feeling you get when you put on your glasses for the first time and suddenly see the outline of the world.
The world of music itself is suddenly rebuilt.

The scale of the orchestra changes—strength of power and space

When I play Lebowitz/Royal Philharmonic's "Night on Bald Mountain" and "Pictures at an Exhibition," the change becomes even more obvious.
First, the output margin is completely different.
There were times when I felt a little unsatisfied with the SCA-7511 alone, but when I added the PRE-7610 MK4, the reins suddenly became thicker.
It feels like switching from 4 cylinders to 8 cylinders, and the underpinnings of the sound become stronger.
and spatial expression.
The stage will not only be wider but also deeper.
The orchestra's instruments take on a hierarchical structure, and the sense of distance between the front, middle, and back becomes surprisingly clear.
The string instruments have depth, the brass shines, and the low range has an overwhelming sense of substance, and the large ensemble of music finally appears in its ``well-formed'' form.

Bill Evans Trio—The atmosphere of half a century ago appears as it was.

Next up was "Porgy" by the Bill Evans Trio.
The moment it is played, the atmosphere changes.
The whole tone suddenly became transparent, and the sounds of the audience's conversation and glasses touching naturally mixed together.
If you listen carefully, the conversation is so vivid that you can even follow the content of the conversation.
The atmosphere of Village Vanguard in 1961 transcends the distance and rises before your eyes.
Evans' touch is clear and warm, Ruffalo's bass has an aesthetic center of gravity, and Mortian's cymbals are as exhilarating as the bursting of carbonated bubbles.
Even setting aside the fact that it is 24bit/192kHz, the fidelity is so high that you wouldn’t think it was a recording from over half a century ago.
The SCA-7511 MK4 alone could not reach this level of quality and realism, which first blossoms with the addition of the PRE-7610 MK4.

Summary — The PRE-7610 MK4 is a device that changes the way music is resolved.

What the PRE-7610 MK4 brings is not merely an increase in volume.
Information density, spatial layering, texture, dynamics, and the atmosphere of the recording session —
All the elements that make up music appear with a higher level of resolution.
If you want to draw out the latent potential of the SCA-7511 MK4 to a deeper dimension, the PRE-7610 MK4 is truly the ideal partner.
It is a rare preamp that teaches you once again "how music should sound."