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Tailored for moving coil cartridges

To achieve best sonic results “The Phonoamp” is specified for moving coil cartridges only. The perfect impedance load can be adjusted by custom made RCA plugs in the rear panel of “The Phonostage”. The design of “The Phonoamp” is optimized for low level, as well as for higher output level cartridges. There is no need for any gain adjustment. This way there are no sound limiting interferences of dip switches in the signal path for cartridge loading and gain adjustment.

Capturing the Finest Nuances

The sound is absolutely stable and in focus with an incredible authority and live character. A perfect three dimensional soundstage with details you have never heard from your vinyl records. Even the finest details will be transferred to your ears. The dynamics over the complete frequency band are something very special – this phonoamp makes pure, delicate, smooth, explosive and exciting music.

Resolution Enhancement

For reasons of sound quality, feedback in the amplifier stages has been avoided. The elaborate power supply decoupling with 14,000 uF on each preamplifier module ensures a disturbance-free and highly dynamic sonic image – music gains resolution, and even the slightest dynamic shifts in music playback become audible. The galvanic separation of the two amplifier channels and their dual-mono design with separate power supplies prevent disruptive ground loops and crosstalk between both channels. The ground connection is only established at the connected amplifier, ensuring that the signal remains unaffected by any humming or noise. No interference clouds even the smallest musical signal. Any sonic spatial information (reverb, room size) becomes audible. An experience that is typically only provided by live music. It feels as if the artists are tangibly present in the room.

Eliminating Interference

The power supply, designed as a dual-mono system housed in a separate enclosure, independently provides power to both amplifier channels. This design ensures strict isolation between the two channels, eliminating any interference on the amplifier section. The power supply is meticulously engineered with an elaborate DC filtering using 10×2200 uF capacitors and efficient electronic stabilization with ample voltage reserves, making ‘The Phonoamp’ immune to fluctuations and disturbances from the mains power. As a result, there are no longer any adverse sonic effects on the music signal.

Complete Dual-Mono Design

„The Phonoamp” is available in a single version for one tonearm and in a double version for two tonearms. The double version includes 4 phono stage elements (2 x 2) and two identical power supply boards.

– Elaborate DC filtering
– Consistent dual-mono construction using discrete transistors
– Electronic stabilization with ample reserves against power fluctuations
– Ensured prevention of ground loops through strict separation of power supplies
– Elaborate power supply decoupling
– Passive RIAA curve correction

68 db

> 82 dB  1mV/1KHz  

> +- 0.3 (without any feedback)

12 db

< 0.04 % at 1mV 1 KHz(without any feedback)

passive

adjustable up to 2 kHz (any value with resistor loading plugs

60 Ohm

10 V (RMS) max

3.5 mV at 1 kHz max (headroom)

Phonostage Single 6 kg, Double , Power supply 5.5 kg

Phonostage 215 x 360 x 150 mm, PSU 215 x 360 x 150 mm