Primare PRE35 Prisma DM36 – modular preamplifier and network player

The Primare PRE35 Prisma DM36 is a sophisticated, modular preamplifier and network player designed to provide exceptional audio performance and flexibility. This high-end component combines advanced preamplification, high-resolution digital-to-analog conversion (DAC), and comprehensive network streaming capabilities into a single, elegantly designed unit. The modular architecture allows you to customize and expand the PRE35 Prisma DM36 according to your system’s needs, making it a future-proof solution for any serious audio enthusiast.

Key Features:

1. Modular Design:
   • Customizable and Upgradeable:
     • The PRE35 Prisma DM36 features a modular design, allowing users to customize the unit according to their preferences. You can add or upgrade modules over time, ensuring that the preamplifier remains relevant and capable of handling future technologies.
   • DM36 DAC Module Installed:
     • The DM36 Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) module is pre-installed in the PRE35 Prisma, offering high-resolution digital-to-analog conversion to handle digital sources with exceptional clarity and accuracy.
2. Advanced Pre-Amplification:
   • Fully Balanced Circuit Design:
     • The PRE35 Prisma features a fully balanced circuit design, from input to output, ensuring that the signal path is clean, precise, and free from interference or noise. This results in an accurate, transparent, and dynamic sound quality.
   • Multiple Analog Inputs:
     • Equipped with four analog inputs (including two balanced XLR inputs), the PRE35 Prisma DM36 provides the flexibility to connect a variety of analog sources, such as CD players, turntables (with an external phono preamp), or other analog components.
3. High-Resolution Digital-to-Analog Conversion:
   • ESS Sabre DAC:
     • The built-in DM36 DAC module utilizes an advanced ESS Sabre chipset capable of handling high-resolution audio files up to 32-bit/768kHz PCM and DSD256, delivering outstanding detail and dynamic range.
   • Multiple Digital Inputs:
     • Offers a range of digital inputs, including optical, coaxial, USB-B, and AES/EBU, allowing you to connect a wide array of digital sources, such as computers, network streamers, or CD transports.
4. Prisma Network Player Technology:
   • Integrated Prisma Network Player:
     • The PRE35 Prisma includes Primare’s Prisma network player technology, which provides multi-room/multi-zone connectivity and control over stored and streamed media from any mobile device. The Prisma technology offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirPlay 2, Chromecast built-in, Spotify Connect, and Roon Ready functionality, allowing you to stream music from a wide variety of sources and platforms.
   • Intuitive Control:
     • The Prisma app allows easy control over your music playback, streaming services, and connected devices, making it convenient to manage your audio experience from your mobile device.
5. Versatile Connectivity:
   • Balanced and Unbalanced Outputs:
     • The PRE35 Prisma offers both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA outputs, allowing you to connect it to a variety of power amplifiers or active speakers.
   • Digital and Analog Inputs:
     • With a combination of analog and digital inputs, the PRE35 Prisma can accommodate virtually any audio source, making it a versatile centerpiece for your audio system.
6. Elegant Scandinavian Design:
   • Minimalist Aesthetics:
     • The PRE35 Prisma features a sleek aluminum chassis with Primare’s signature minimalist design, blending seamlessly with any high-end audio setup. Its understated elegance ensures that it complements other audio components.
   • Robust Build Quality:
     • The high-quality aluminum construction not only adds visual appeal but also provides excellent shielding against electromagnetic interference, ensuring optimal audio performance.

Applications:

• High-Fidelity Pre-Amplification: The PRE35 Prisma serves as a high-quality preamplifier for driving power amplifiers, ensuring that your audio system delivers the best possible sound.
• Network Audio Streaming: With its Prisma network player technology, the PRE35 Prisma can function as a streaming hub, allowing you to access a wide range of digital music sources and streaming services.
• Integration with High-End Audio Systems: Ideal for audiophiles looking to integrate both analog and digital sources into a single preamplifier, the PRE35 Prisma offers extensive connectivity options.

Benefits:

• Outstanding Sound Quality: The fully balanced circuit design, high-resolution DAC, and advanced pre-amplification ensure that your audio is reproduced with exceptional clarity, detail, and dynamic range.
• Flexible and Future-Proof: The modular design allows you to customize and upgrade the PRE35 Prisma to suit your needs, ensuring that it remains a central component of your audio system as technology evolves.
• Comprehensive Streaming Capabilities: The integrated Prisma network player provides seamless access to a wide range of streaming services and wireless connectivity options.

The Primare PRE35 Prisma DM36 is a versatile and high-performance modular preamplifier that offers a comprehensive solution for audiophiles seeking exceptional sound quality, flexible connectivity, and advanced streaming capabilities. With its high-resolution DAC, fully balanced preamplification, and integrated Prisma network player technology, it serves as the ultimate hub for both analog and digital audio sources. The modular design ensures that the PRE35 Prisma can adapt to changing technologies and preferences, making it a future-proof investment for any high-end audio system. Whether you’re building a new system or upgrading an existing setup, the PRE35 Prisma offers unmatched versatility, performance, and style.

Primare PRE35 Prisma DM36 – Technology

PRE35 Prisma modular preamplifier is an exceptional system control center, providing umprecedented low noise and distortion free selection and transmission of any analog input, as a result of the carefully crafted fully balanced circuit design benefitting from the use of a four layer main board to achieve the shortest possible signal path.

In addition to comprehensive input and output options, featuring both XLR and RCA connection, the PRE35 Prisma includes includes both the sophisticated digital to analog converter module, DM36, as well as a Prisma network player module, SM35, to create an extraordinarily versatile system control centre.