Graham Slee Era Gold V - MM Phono Stage Preamplifier

• The Era Gold V phono preamp is available supplied with the PSU1 power supply, and a choice of voltages and power plugs; or in budget form with basic power supply, allowing you to upgrade to the PSU1 at a later date. Also available with mono switch option.
• The Era Gold V Sound Took Many By Surprise
• At the time when the Era Gold V was launched (2002) it was considered outragous to make a high quality solid-state phono preamp just for high output cartridges (but OK if you did it with tubes...).
• But it gave those with less fortunate budgets the chance to hear what people with moving coil were hearing, giving moving coil a run for its money.
• It was so good that many dealers hid them away for fear of their moving coil sales (honestly - it's true); and it wasn't until Michael Fremer reviewed it in the US Stereophile magazine, and TNT's Geoff Husband reported on it, that what it does for music became more widely known.
• It Didn't Sound Like A CD Player
• At a time when others were trying to win converts to vinyl by making it sound like CD - hoping to sell more phono preamps - the Era Gold V instead pushed the bandwidth much further which led to a more refreshing and inspiring sound.
• Giving vinyl 'room to breathe' it also did the same great 'trick' as the Gram Amps, in pushing surface noise back and bringing the music to the fore.
• Little wonder then that Michael Fremer declared it miraculous. By the way, he still uses his Era Gold V and it often features in tests.
  
  

• Input range
  2mV to 10mV
• Output (for input range)
  252mV to 1,260mV (1.26V)
• Maximum input
  39mV rms
• Maximum output
  4.914V rms
• Gain
  42dB (126) at 1kHz
• Input impedance
  47k Ohms plus 100pf
• Output (driving/source) impedance
  910 Ohm
• Recommended load impedance
  10k Ohm or greater
• Noise at output
  -65dB CCIR Q-pk
• Distortion
  0.02%
• RIAA accuracy
  < 0.5dB
• Channel balance
  0.2dB
• Channel separation
  64dB
• Size (approx.)
  W: 107 x H: 50 x D: 180 (mm) inc. jacks
  
  

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