Primare R20

Primare R20 high end phono stage
Wie het beste geluid uit zijn of haar vinyl collectie wil halen en al geïnvesteerd heeft in een degelijke draaitafel en een verfijnd MM of MC element raden we aan om eens te komen luisteren naar deze Primare R20 MM / MC amplifier. Deze phono pre is erg goed te combineren met een breed scala aan elementen. Dankzij de met een schakelaar instelbare ingangsimpedantie kan de juiste setting eenvoudig ingesteld worden. Ook voor zogenaamde high output MC elementen zoals de onvolprezen Denon DL-110 is een instelling (100 Ohm) beschikbaar.

De bouwkwaliteit van deze Zweeds phono pre is boven elke twijfel verheven. Klankmatig behoort de R20 tot het mooiste wat we hier gehoord hebben. Warm aanbevolen!

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R20 MM-MC amplifier
If you have a precious collection of recordings on vinyl records, and your system includes a
high-quality turntable, tone arm, and pick-up cartridge, the R20 MM-MC Amplifier provides the
ideal interface between the low-level output provided by the cartridge and the line-level inputs
provided by a modern sound system.

Moving-magnet or moving-coil cartridges
The R20 accepts either moving-magnet or moving-coil type cartridges. Gain and impedance
can be adjusted for the optimum match between the cartridge and preamplifier. An additional
increase in gain can be achieved by fitting an internal jumper inside the unit, for use with a
very low output moving-magnet cartridge.

Audiophile circuit design
The R20 sensitive circuits consist only of discrete components from the finest Japanese and
American semiconductor companies such as Toshiba, Burr-Brown and Fairchild. Leaded
components and 1% metal film resistors are used throughout the amplifier for their sonic
excellence and low noise. The dual-mono design philosophy has been considered wherever
possible. The output and input RCA connectors are gold plated with Teflon insulation giving the best
possible signal transmission for the delicate low level signal provided by the cartridge.

Clean power supply for the best possible performance
A special winding technique has been used to manufacture the R20 mains transformer in
order minimise magnetic leakage. The windings are evenly wound and the whole transformer
is coated in an iron cover, which is grounded by a special cable. For lowest possible magnetic
disturbance, the position of the transformer is finely adjusted by Primare's engineers The
transformer contains separate windings for left and right channel supplies which then are
rectified and individually regulated in four steps for all the different voltages required by the
R20. Low impedance capacitors from Elna are used in sensitive positions