The pause is as important as the note.
~Truman Fisher  

SL-101 LINESTAGE SIGNATURE SERIES
The SL-101 is the outcome of many years of dedicated efforts by designer Hans-Ole Vitus. From the very start, his aim has been to bring out the best in musical recordings, using his experience as a musician. 

The SL-101 is based on brand new circuitry, which uses only matched transistors and super precision resistors to ensure optimal working conditions for the different stages of each module. This combined with a special coupling of each input stage, results in an ultra linear frequency response. The true balanced design, together with the local shunt regulated power supply, ensures an excellent signal to noise ratio, making it possible to reveal every micro detail in the recordings.

The result is an exceptional preamplifier capable of exposing micro details/dynamics never heard before without compromising the coherence of the recording. As the design is true balanced, all non-balanced signals are converted to true balanced straight at the first input stage. One of the challenges of true balanced amplifiers is the volume control as even very small tolerances easily translate into distortion. The current trend employed in many other designs is mostly a digital volume control of some sort, however Hans-Ole Vitus is not content with fashion.

The volume control of the SL-101 is unique in the industry because there is only one (1) resistor in series with the signal at any volume level. Placing more resistors in the signal path than actually needed (regardless of method; digital or analogue) only creates room for more distortion. Vitus Audio believes this approach yields the optimal performance for the SL-101, and the result is an analogue relay based volume control, signified by an ultra short signal path with no sound coloration and zero limitation of the dynamics.