Karan Acoustics Master Collection PHONOa - den siste i den reviderte riaa fra elektronikk eksperter Karan Acoustics. Milan Karans Master Collection-linje er et uttrykk
av hans 30 år som lydelektronikkdesigner.
Elektronikkdesignerne som har laget produkter i flere tiår, har erfaring å bygge på, og Karan ignorerer ikke viktigheten av ny teknologi. Som et resultat får vi den ideelle kombinasjonen av kompetanse og modernitet og produkter som bygger på tiår med møysommelig testing. Det gir lydkvalitet som ville være praktisk talt umulig for et 10-år siden, takket være forbedrede kretsdesignverktøy og forbedrede komponenter.
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Fra test:
We have already looked at the two-box and one-box preamplifier and the mono amplifiers in the Master Collection series (in Issues 181, 191 and 203 respectively) and now it’s the turn of the phono stage. As before, the Master Collection PHONOa is the top, two-box model with a single-chassis PHONOb waiting in the wings and, as ever, the Master Collection replaces all existing phono stages in the Karan line. This last comes with a bit of a sharp intake of breath, as it means the cost of entry into Karan-land increases markedly. However, as with the previous preamp and mono power amps, so does the performance. On past form, the single-chassis Master Collection model confidently and comfortably out-performs the top two-box model from the out-going KA series, with two-chassis models like the PHONOa setting new standards. This seems right; on listening to the Master Collection PHONOa, those new performance benchmarks were reached!
Technical specifications
av hans 30 år som lydelektronikkdesigner.
Elektronikkdesignerne som har laget produkter i flere tiår, har erfaring å bygge på, og Karan ignorerer ikke viktigheten av ny teknologi. Som et resultat får vi den ideelle kombinasjonen av kompetanse og modernitet og produkter som bygger på tiår med møysommelig testing. Det gir lydkvalitet som ville være praktisk talt umulig for et 10-år siden, takket være forbedrede kretsdesignverktøy og forbedrede komponenter.
Karan Acoustics Master Collection PHONOa
The two-box Karan Acoustics PHONOa is the company's flagship phono stage and a part of Milan Karan's ultimate expression of decades of amplifier design, the Master Collection. But does it have a sound to match, asks Alan Sircom.
hifiplus.com
Fra test:
We have already looked at the two-box and one-box preamplifier and the mono amplifiers in the Master Collection series (in Issues 181, 191 and 203 respectively) and now it’s the turn of the phono stage. As before, the Master Collection PHONOa is the top, two-box model with a single-chassis PHONOb waiting in the wings and, as ever, the Master Collection replaces all existing phono stages in the Karan line. This last comes with a bit of a sharp intake of breath, as it means the cost of entry into Karan-land increases markedly. However, as with the previous preamp and mono power amps, so does the performance. On past form, the single-chassis Master Collection model confidently and comfortably out-performs the top two-box model from the out-going KA series, with two-chassis models like the PHONOa setting new standards. This seems right; on listening to the Master Collection PHONOa, those new performance benchmarks were reached!
Technical specifications
- Type Solid-state phono-stage
- Inputs 3× balanced XLR; 3× single-ended RCA
- Outputs 1pr balanced XLR; 1pr single-ended RCA
- Gain 48dB–71dB + one user definable setting
- Loading 450Ω–47 kΩ + two user definable settings
- Capacitive Loading 50pF–400pF
- Replay EQ RIAA, EMI, Decca, Columbia, Teldec
- Absolute Phase Switchable 0/180 degrees
- Dimensions W×H×D 504 × 141 × 390mm ea.
- Weight (combined) 32.1kg
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