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price
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price
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$199 to $55000
pre-owned
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pre-owned
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deals
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deals
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built-in preamp
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built-in preamp
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balanced
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balanced
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grounding post
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grounding post
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output inverted
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output inverted
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  • yes
  • no
  • switchable
architecture
architecture
  • class A
  • class B
  • class AB
  • class D
mc
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mc
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  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
mm
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mm
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  • 0
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  • 3
number of boxes
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number of boxes
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  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
popularity
likes
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likes
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0 to 0
watchers
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watchers
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0 to 0
wants
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wants
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0 to 0
owners
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owners
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0 to 0
liquidity
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liquidity
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0 to 4
reviews
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reviews
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0 to 2
brand
company size
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company size
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1 to 1
company products
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company products
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1 to 74
company age
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company age
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1 to 1 year
company likes
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company likes
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0 to 0
company watchers
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company watchers
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0 to 0
tubes
tube
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tube
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tube complement
tube complement
  • 12AX7/ECC83
  • ECC83
  • ECC88
  • 6H30
  • 6550
  • 6X4
  • 417A/5842
  • 6072a/12AY7
  • 6072A/12AY7
  • CV4068
measurements
lowest resistance
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lowest resistance
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5 to 400 ohm
highest resistance
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highest resistance
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10000 to 47000 ohm
lowest gain
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lowest gain
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40 to 45 dB
highest gain
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highest gain
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60 to 74 dB
lowest capacitance
lowest capacitance
200 to 200 pF
highest capacitance
highest capacitance
10 to 10000 pF
output impedance
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output impedance
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1 to 10000000 ohms
special features
mm adjustable loading
mm adjustable loading
mc adjustable gain
mc adjustable gain
alternate equalizations
alternate equalizations
  • IEC
  • EMI
  • Columbia
  • FFRR
inputs & outputs
RCA inputs
RCA inputs
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  • 5
  • 6
XLR inputs
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XLR inputs
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  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
RCA outputs
RCA outputs
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  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
XLR outputs
XLR outputs
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
physical specs
weight
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weight
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1 to 200 lbs
width
width
3 to 19 in
height
height
1 to 11 in
depth
depth
6 to 18 in
shipping weight
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shipping weight
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1 to 5000 lbs
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number of people who own or owned the item
number of classifieds that have been run for the item
number of reviews of the item
Approximate number of full-time staff
Approximate number of products
Approximate number of years company has been actively selling product
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Phonostage power output uses vacuum tube
This has a built-in preamp (i.e. volume controls). There may or may not be a way to connect other source devices to this
Balanced architecture internally
A post to connect grounding wire to, often helpful for troublesome turntable setups
Whether output polarity is reversed/reversable. Just swap speaker leads black for red if permanently inverted
On phono stages without adjustable loading this is the MC impedance
On phono stages without adjustable loading this is the MM impedance
On phono stages without adjustable loading this is the MM gain
On phono stages without adjustable loading this is the MC gain
Supports this many inputs for moving coil cartridges
Supports this many inputs for moving magnet cartridges
Number of seperate chassis to form a stereo 2-channel phonostage
Note that some inputs may be either RCA or XLR, not both, so the total count of inputs is often less than just adding the RCA inputs to the number of XLR inputs
Total weight of all boxes required to make a stereo phonostage
Output impedance for single-ended output. Double this for balanced output
Weight of all pieces and packaging
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