The Hafler Shrine
last updated: Friday, 02-Apr-2004 23:22:53 EST
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This is my little corner of the web dedicated to one of my favorite brands. My personal favorite is the DH-220, a (conservative) 110W/ch into 8 ohms. Bridgable to almost 450W into 8 ohms, it makes a great monoblock or sub amp, or just a nice stereo amp when run normally.

The Hafler lineup used to be rather vast....then the company was sold to Rockford Fosgate. Gone are the preamps, the kits, and the incredible value, just like Heathkit. RF made the company just another player in the pro audio market.

In my stable I've got a DH-220. Unfortunately that's it.

Want pix? Here you go...

  • The DH-101. A great little preamp, in 2 versions: Rack mounted (14K) or not (17K).
  • The DH-110. This pic (20K), like most of the rest, was stolen from an eBay auction, and the quality leaves something to be desired. Better pics from the front (32K) and the back (32K).
  • The DH-160. This was Hafler's EQ. 11 bands per channel and a display of the music level. Cool stuff. I don't have any more into than this.
  • The DH-330. Hafler's tuner. It was a kit offering (like everything else) and suposedly worked great. The nice part is it had a headphone output and a volume control. Good for the office or the den.
  • The DH-200 (39K). And more pix from the front and the back (156K). This amp was rated for 100W/ch into 8 ohms, but like it's big brother (the DH-220) this was a conservative number. When bridged it is capable of something like 350W into an 8 ohm load.
  • My DH220 is a lot cleaner then the one above. It's also older. The red lettering was put on in place of the white sometime around 1990, but I'm not quite sure when.
  • The Iris (59K). This poor example is a factory second, but the Iris was a really cool preamp. Optical isolation for the controls, pure JFET devices, etc.
Speaking of manuals, Hafler finally posted their manual library on the web. Check it out for PDFs of everything from the DH100 to the P7000.
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