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Musical Surroundings
Phonomena Phono Preamp
Proprietor Garth Leehrer of M.S. commissioned Michael Yee
to develop a very special, yet cost-effective, phono to
line stage. Together, they came up with the Phonomena.
This American designed and built unit offers many feat ures,
including: All discrete circuit topology (unlike many of
its competitors which use op amps), Class A operation, adjustable
gain from 40 – 60dB in 16 steps, Super-Matched parts, single
gain stage with internally nested RIAA (simplifying the
circuit and allowing the use of higher quality parts at
the same price), adjustable loading from 30 Ohms 100K Ohms
in 128 steps…. Whew! All that for only Six Hundred Bucks!
A battery power supply for
the Phonomena is also available. Priced at $600.00,
the device should further improve the already superb performance
of the Phonomena by further reducing background noise.
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