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Recommended Retail Price AUD $1995.00
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Run-out Model Only available
in Australia
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from Pymble Hi-Fi
- Sydney Australia
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For
International Buyers, Please read Vacuum State's
Newsletter 2006
Mark 2
Version - Made in Switzerland
See JLTi Phono Comments
An entirely new and
totally original design. Do not hesitate to compare with
anything! Yes, it does have the usual
desirable attributes, such as no negative feedback, all passive RIAA EQ,
very low noise, etc. Yet the electronic wizardry is
very unusual, unlike anything available now. It is also an extremely
elegant solution to a myriad of problems faced by the designer. Indeed,
the best solution that no one else thought about.
View
Instruction Sheet.
Also extensive use of Cryogenetically treated
components, Input and Output RCA Sockets and critical Wiring.
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This Phono Stage is 'slew rate' induced distortion
free. In fact, this is one reason why tubes sound so good, they too are
slew rate insensitive. Gone is the harshness or in many cases it becomes a
flat grayness that robs the music of its natural tonal colours. This new
Phono Stage has extraordinary life and dynamics combined with great
finesse and transparency, without any exaggerations - truthful and
beautiful.
It may well be the fastest Phono Stage ever made
with huge bandwidth. The after EQ response is flat from 1 Hertz to 300
KHertz plus. Not only able to accelerate but its ability to de-accelerate
is without parallel. It's overload is also very high as it is capable of
swinging 10V RMS - more than 20 dB headroom on a standard rated output of a
Moving coil cartridge. Not only sounds great but its technical attributes
are top notch.
The direct export/discount price is
(via Internet) AUD $1600 and RRP is AUD $ 1995. It competes favourably against other Phono Stages of the highest
Class A quality. Not cheap,
but the bargain price for superb performance.
While it is optimised for Moving Coil cartridges
(testing done with extremely low 0.22mV MC Cartridge), it
will also perform its magic on Moving Magnets. With MC the Signal to Noise
Ratio (S/N) is superb, but with MM's higher impedances the noise rises.
But as the noise level is higher with MM, so is the output voltages of MMs,
hence S/N is not degraded in real terms.
When we started developing this prototype, it was
decided, only IF it lived up to the performance of the JLTi Mk2, only
then would the external JLTi Phono Stage become available. Happy to
say, not only met but also exceeded all our expectations. This is what the
JLTi brand is all about, it must compete well above the asking price.
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