darTZeel NHB-18NS
The heart and soul of a system that inspires.

The most advanced preamplifier ever designed.
With its groundbreaking signal path technology, battery power supply and unrivalled phono stages, the NHB-18NS is still the benchmark for preamplifiers.
The NHB-18NS is peerless in terms of clarity and musicality. Designed to control NHB-series power amplifiers, it offers state-of-the-art preamplification and control.
50-ohm darT-to-Zeel connection cables complete this exquisite offering.

Simple and efficient
Machined from a solid block and held comfortably in your hand, the NHB-18NS remote control provides access to its key functional features.

Inside view
darTZeel has always developed the most rapid audio circuits.
The NHB-18NS's unique circuit board layout allows each optical input to be activated separately.<
The absence of global negative feedback ensures an ideal and uncompromising listening experience.

Visible differences
darTZeel's NHB-series represents the pinnacle of musical reproduction. Its products are designed and built like works of art.

Peerless workmanship
For the NHB series, each aluminium component is milled from a solid block, hand-finished, brushed and anodised.
This underlines the uniqueness and exclusivity of the NHB series.

One man’s passion
From a very early age, Hervé Delétraz has been passionate about musical reproduction.
In 1984, he earned his degree in electrical engineering from the École d’Ingénieurs de Genève, for which he built his first audio amplifier.

Today, darTZeel amplifiers are renowned worldwide, producing sound output with dynamic range on a par with a live concert experience.
Listen first, measure afterwards.

This is our guiding principle when developing products. Like Goethe, we believe that what can be measured is not paramount and that what is most important – in terms of emotions – cannot be measured. Theories of physics will never explain how the beauty of music can have such a profound effect on us. When it comes to music, only humans should be the judge.

When we listen to a darTZeel prototype, the question we ask ourselves is: “does this bring us to the heart of the music?” If the answer is not a resounding “Yes”, the amplifier does not enter production.

We take pride in generating this emotion, and it is our passion that has inspired everything we do from the very beginning.

We could of course expertly talk you through the detailed specifications, offering a plethora of measurements and graphs. However, when all’s said and done, we believe that listening pleasure is what matters most. For those of you who simply love music, we strongly recommend paying a visit to your local dealer to try out our range.