Key Features For A Quieter and More Musical Phonostage

Musical Features

• Completely new 100% tube analog circuit design with optimized components.
• Dynamic range increased from 108dBV to 116dBV, so the quietest parts are quieter, louder parts are louder.
• Loading on the secondary of the MC transformer to capture the most detail from the cartridge.
• 12 position MC load per channel with more finessed adjustable options like 1000, 800, 700, 500, 400, 350, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 50 Ohms
• Two completely independent dual mono channels, with LED indicators for A and B
• Gain is improved up to 7dB, which increases the output volume to better match your cartridge to your system.
• The voltage increases from 250V to 300V for more headroom.
• The power increases from 52W to 60W to provide more energy needed to reproduce the highs and lows of music accurately.
• The amps increase from 3.4 A to 8 A to provide more current to the tubes.
• Maximum output improved from 8V RMS to 12V RMS increases the headroom to allow more musical peaks like trumpet and drums.

Quieter Features

• New 12DW7 tubes improves the amplification to better drive the output tubes which gives you lower noise, more headroom and lower distortion.
• Dual chassis external power supply
• New Toroid design ESP Supply replaces the linear regulated power supply which generates significantly less noise by concentrating the magnetic fields.
• The dark black noise levels went from -90dB to -95dB.
• New PCB layout with significantly more grounding for lower noise.
• Dual chassis with 3-meter RFI filtered umbilical cable to eliminate external noise.
• Dedicated output tubes driving high quality output transformers to create a true differential low impedance output for lower noise and ideal transfer of power to the preamp.
• True floating ground, transformer balanced XLR inputs and outputs
• New grounding throughout to further reduce the internal and external noise.
• Switching on relays so there’s no digital chatter.
• Easily adjustable MC “Load on the fly” without klicks or pops so you can hear the change
• Elegantly designed 16-gauge steel enclosure to help isolate the electronic “chatter” from nearby equipment
• Ground lift switches on the MC inputs on each channel to prevent noisy ground loops
• All the RCA and XLR connectors are Gold plated for better conductance and lower corrosion

Other Features

• Accommodates 4 tonearms, 1 MM and 1 MC per channel
• All settings are saved when you switch between channels
• More energy efficient Standby power that reduces the drain from 7w to 0.5W.
• All switches and knobs are easily accessible, nothing hidden inside to adjust
• Recessed RCA connectors are durable and will hold up to the typical Audiophile who loves to change their configuration
• Each unit is hand built “Made in the USA”
• 50-hour factory burn in on all circuits and vacuum tubes before final testing