Network Players

Prisma is a bundle of technologies that provide the broadest spectrum of network music player features and functionality. Essentially a streamer for everyone and anywhere, in the household to explore, discover, and share the deeply satisfying experience of high-performance music playback.

5 series

NP5 Prisma – network player NP5 Prisma

15 series

CD15 Prisma – CD and network player CD15 Prisma

I15 Prisma MK2 – integrated amplifier and network player I15 Prisma

SC15 Prisma MK2 – network player and dac SC15 Prisma

25 series

I25 Prisma DM36 - modular integrated amplifier and network player I25 Prisma

35 series

CD35 Prisma – CD and network player CD35 Prisma

I35 Prisma DM36 – modular integrated amplifier and network player I35 Prisma

PRE35 Prisma DM36 – modular preamplifier and network player PRE35 Prisma

CD Players

The combined talents of the Primare team’s strengths in audio, digital and software systems design results in extraordinarily musical, high-resolution compact disc players and transports.

15 series

CD15 Prisma – CD and network player CD15 Prisma

35 series

CD35 Prisma – CD and network player CD35 Prisma

Phono Preamplifiers

The need to amplify the sometimes vanishingly low signal of the best phono cartridges demands a truly musical phono preamplifier that is as quiet as it is linear, and Primare provides two excellent options up to the task.

15 series

R15 – MM/MC phono preamplifier R15

I15 MM – integrated amplifier and MM phono stage I15 MM

35 series

R35 – MM/MC phono preamplifier R35

Integrated Amplifiers

Primare has established a tradition of producing exemplary integrated amplifiers offering comprehensive system control and remarkable power delivery as elegantly as their appearance implies.

15 series

I15 Prisma MK2 – integrated amplifier and network player I15 Prisma

I15 MM – integrated amplifier and MM phono stage I15 MM

25 series

I25 Prisma DM36 - modular integrated amplifier and network player I25 Prisma

35 series

I35 Prisma DM36 – modular integrated amplifier and network player I35 Prisma

Preamplifiers

Any system with a Primare preamplifier at its heart is capable of creating a thoroughly convincing and compelling musical experience.

15 series

SC15 Prisma MK2 – network player and dac SC15 Prisma

25 series

35 series

PRE35 Prisma DM36 – modular preamplifier and network player PRE35 Prisma

Power Amplifiers

Combine the nearly unlimited power available with our UFPD 2 amplifier technology with simple, ultra-short signal paths and you have astonishingly high current output capabilities for remarkable ease, control, and stability when driving even the most difficult speaker load.

35 series

A35.8 - Power amplifier A35.8

A35.2 – power amplifier A35.2

Home Cinema

As with all Primare designs, our home cinema models are inspired by the Scandinavian concept of hygge – that deep satisfaction of time well spent, sharing food and drink, music and movies with family and friends in the simple celebration of everyday living – and with the firm belief that there should be no distinction between movie and music reproduction.

25 series

35 series

A35.8 - Power amplifier A35.8

Other

We offer modular design in as many of our products as we can, in order to give you the power to choose just the features required to meet a wide variety of system needs.

Accessories

19” Rack Mount

Modules

MM15 – Phono module

NEW! DM36 – Digital-to-Analog Converter Module

SM35 – Prisma module

Primare Help Centre

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PRE35 Prisma Preamplifier User Guide

Contents

Connecting direct sources

These methods of playing music from the PRE35 involve connecting the source to the PRE35 via a cable, and don’t require Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or Bluetooth.

To play music from a source

Connect the source via a suitable cable:

Source	Cable
Analogue	Phono RCA cable
Digital optical	Digital optical cable
Digital	Digital coax cable

Select the source from the front panel, or using the remote control.

If you have a phone or tablet on the same Wi-Fi network as the PRE35 you can also use the Prisma app to select and control sources.

To use the PRE35 as a PC/Mac sound output device

Connect the Mac or PC to the PRE35 via a USB-A to USB‑B cable.

PC

Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10 (32/64-bit) is required. You need to install the Primare xmos audio driver, available on primare.net.

Macintosh

OSX 10.4 or later is recommended. No driver is required.

Connect the computer’s USB port to the USB B input on the PRE35 using a USB A to USB B cable.

The PRE35 will then appear as a sound output device called PRE35 in the Sound control panel (PC) or Sound system preferences panel (Macintosh).

Select the PC/MAC source on the PRE35.
Select the PRE35 as the sound output device in the Mac Sound system preferences panel or the PC Sound control panel.

Printing or saving as PDF

You can print an on-line Primare user guide from your web browser, to provide you with a permanent copy to refer to away from your computer.

Alternatively, you can save a user guide as PDF files, to refer to when are you not connected to the internet.

To do so, simply choose Print, or Print followed by Save as PDF, from your browser’s File menu.

For the specific procedure for each of the most popular web browsers see How do I print or save a PDF copy of the on-user guides?.