Nereneas aRCA — new audiophile RCA switcher

OP

Thanks for telling us about it.

I use a Chase Remote Line Controller RLC-1, here’s one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/257022464525?mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=2ee26d38-2469-11f1-ba53-626139323233

No moving parts, all done somehow in a single Philips chip, here’s the innards.

It has no face controls, you must have the remote control.

4 line in; 2 identical line out, remote volume, balance, mute, tone controls, and IF you lower the volume a lot, automatic and progressive bass boost.

Virtually no noise, no one can tell if it is in or out. I know, ’straight wire with gain’, I have taken it out, put it back in so many times, I cannot detect anything except it’s benefits, remote balance it’s favorite feature of mine!

I only use 1 in, from my preamp, 1 out to my amp. 

It has an accessory power outlet (some early or later variations don’t) which is useful for switched power to something.

@phazer - I see they've got one for XLR, too. 

@gkelly 

Luxman is definitely a reference name 👍
With aRCA we focused on minimizing contact resistance and keeping the signal path as short and clean as possible using relay switching — more of a purist approach for low-level analog signals.
Would love to hear a side-by-side comparison someday.

@elliottbnewcombjr Nice piece.
aRCA goes in a more minimalist direction — purely focused on transparent relay switching, without volume or tone functions.

@larsman yes, we have the XLR version called the eXpLoRer.

You can find more info about it here:

https://www.nereneas.com/explorer