Aπο το Stereophile
Friedrich Schäfer made clear to me that he does not regard the Emitter II as an integrated amplifier—although the instruction manual calls it just that, and although it includes a volume control and input switching. Instead, he told me, it's a 250Wpc or 500Wpc (into 8 or 4 ohms, respectively) multi-input power amplifier with relay-based switching facilities and volume control. The volume is adjusted via a rotary pulse encoder controlling 32 precision stepped relays. The input signal is attenuated up to volume level "50." At "51", the signal does not pass through the volume control, he assured me. From "52" up to the maximum setting of "76" is gain