Clearaudio Absolute Phono

The world's first active headshell moving coil phonostage.

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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. 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 silver Clearaudio 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 feeding XLR connectors and unbalanced feeding RCA phono sockets. To avoid interfering with each other each of these outputs has its own dedicated output driver stage. The Absolute Phono's standby power consumption follows the latest EU directive and is below 0.5 Watts. 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 selected current amplification control which eliminates the need to set the correct load resistance and load capacitance. The optimum operating condition is always set automatically.

Specifications

- Power supply: Switching power supply

- Input: 50 – 60Hz / 100 - 240V / 150mA

- Output: 5.9V / 850mA

- Standby power consumption: 0.5W

- Signal to noise ratio: 90dB (A-weighted)

- Channel separation: 90dB

- Gain (@ 1kHz): 50dB

- Maximum output voltage: 3.5Vrms

- THD: < 0,001 %

- Output impedance (balanced XLR): 64 Ohm

- Output impedance (unbalanced RCA): 32 Ohm

- Equalisation: RIAA standard, deviation less than 0.1dB

- Frequency response: 10Hz – 100kHz - 0,1dB

- Input: Clearaudio 9-pin connector

- Outputs: Unbalanced RCA phono, Balanced XLR

- Pin configuration; output XLR: Pin 1 = GND (Shield), Pin 2 = Hot (+), Pin 3 = Cold (-)

- Dimensions (H x W x D in mm): Headshell amplifier: 3.2 x 9.5 x 20.6 mm,

- Phonostage: 2.2 x 9.5 x 5.7 inches

- Weight (phonostage): Approximately 3.8 kg

Fidelity Magazine

"[...] a state-of-the-art product [...]"

Cai Brockmann, FIDELITY

"On balance Clearaudio's Absolute Phono is likely to be the most logical and well-thought-out solution for this task. [..] The resultant massive improvement in dynamic range – Clearaudio mentions a figure of ten decibels – is immediately audible and comes across as clear as crystal. This raises the bar in future to a level that is unlikely to be bettered."
Roland Kraft, FIDELITY

"Groove noise and other audio defects de facto hardly have an impact any more."

Cai Brockmann, FIDELITY

"There is no doubt that this analog ensemble possesses genuinely stunning monitor qualities coupled with unerring drive, which conveys an overall impression of superior capability."

Cai Brockmann, FIDELITY

Finish

- Black with black chassis

- Silver with black chassis

- Black with natural wood chassis

- Silver with natural wood chassis

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The world's first active headshell moving coil phonostage.

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