I've had many requests over the years for a phono only preamp, ie no line stage, just a phono stage to be used with an additional line stage.
I've never released one because I think the synergy between phono stage and linestage is very important , and they need to be designed to compliment each other.
And a phono stage is very critically dependent on the quality of its power supply, so its power supply needs to be as well built as any of my linestages.
Phono stages are very complex , in a Supratek Cortese phono with linestage, the phono takes up most of the chassis space and about 75% of the circuitry.
When all this is considered it really makes sense to combine the two in one chassis, however I've relented as some people have Supratek line-stages and want to use vinyl as well.
This a moving coil only phono stage with around 75db of gain , so it will drive any low output MC cartridge. No step up transformer required.
It has provision for two inputs, for those with two arm turntables.
Adjustable cartridge impedance - 10,100,1000 and 47,000 ohms, or whatever customer requests.
Tube shunt regulation with over-engineered and huge power supply .
Power supply in seperate "black box" with 5 feet of connecting cable .
Tube compliment is 6688(E180F), 6H23 (6922) and 6H8C (6SN7) for phono and 6L6GC(6N3C) for regulators.
The unit is very quiet and may be the quietest moving coil all tube phono available.
It is available in a variety of finishes- shown here is polished copper - chrome and black are also available.
It comes as a standard model or the LCR version using Lundahl transfomers.
Price varies from US$1750 to US$4750 , depending on configuration and options.
Built with Supratek's 30 years of experience and reputation for world class preamplifiers, it will easily out-perform other brands costing up to 5-10 times more.
