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Dear Clearaudio customer,
The Clearaudio
absolute phono
is the world‘s first active headshell moving coil phonostage.
A tiny circuit board installed in the headshell of the tonearm amplifies the highly sensitive moving
coil cartridge signal at its source: the output of the cartridge. As a result, the signal to noise ratio is
improved by approximately ten decibels across the entire audio bandwidth.
The
absolute phono
is designed and constructed without compromise. The sophisticated power
supply is located in a separate chassis to keep mains-borne interference to a minimum.
Power to the headshell-mounted amplification stage is routed from the power supply via the main
chassis. No relays or coupling capacitors are used in the signal path as they would otherwise
degrade the sound. In addition, hand-selected state-of-the-art non-magnetic
Clearaudio
Silver
Glimmer capacitors are used at key areas throughout the circuit where they further contribute to
the exceptional sound quality.
The
absolute phono
features two pairs of outputs: both balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA).
To avoid interfering with each other each of these outputs has its own dedicated output driver stage.
For ease of use the
absolute phono
is equipped with a bright blue single multi-function switch for
‘On’, ‘Off’, ‘Mute’ and ‘Standby’ modes. The
absolute phono
is suitable for all Clearaudio tonearms
and will be installed by Clearaudio
in our factory in Erlangen, Germany.
The circuitry of the absolute phono is designed to work perfectly with any moving coil cartridge
from any manufacturer. This is ensured due to the sophisticated current amplification circuit which
eliminates the need to set the correct load resistance and load capacitance. The optimum operating
condition is always set automatically.
Clearaudio wish you the greatest of enjoyment with your new
absolute phono
.
Clearaudio electronic GmbH
