Gold Note PH-5 MM/MC Phono Stage & PSU-5 Bundle
Gold Note PH-5 MM/MC Phono Stage & PSU-5 Bundle
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THE HIGH-QUALITY OF GOLD NOTE’S PHONO STAGES HAS BECOME AFFORDABLE
The PH-5 is the latest born at Gold Note’s range of phono stages, designed to deliver the same high quality and excellent performance that made the PH-10 and PH-1000 famous, with an affordable price and all the cutting-edge features that stands out our products. With a single RCA input, it can be connected to either MM or MC cartridges and offers an EQ curves selection (RIAA, Decca London and American Columbia, with Enhanced option), as well as the LOAD’s and GAIN’s adjustments to guarantee the utmost flexibility and versatility, making it perfect for every kind of analogue system.
ANALOGUE HEART, DIGITAL INTERFACE
The PH-5 is the first Gold Note product designed with a touchscreen interface: all the settings are easily accessible and changeable thanks to the innovative and unparalleled user-friendly display that allows you to select and manage all the options in real time while playing your music. The phono stage is based on a completely new design to integrate the whole electronics into a single board.
The digital interface is combined with a full analogue heart: indeed, the signal path is made through discrete audio-grade components and sealed single switches and it’s optimized to shorten the distance and minimize possible interference. Every setting selected through the touchscreen is applied to the audio signal switching its path through the usage of relé. The PH-5 features an “analogue purity” able to deliver superior audio quality and extract even the finest details from the vinyl record.
TO EACH RECORD ITS OWN EQ CURVE
The PH-5 allows a selection of the most appropriate equalization curve for each vinyl record, directly on the touch display: RIAA, DECCA LONDON, and AMERICAN COLUMBIA. Thanks to our proprietary technology inspired by Georg Neumann (the producer of the famous Neumann Disc Cutting Lathe ), each curve can be “Enhanced” to extend the frequency response up to 50kHz, improving even further the stage, dynamics, and resolution when required.
DEDICATED EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY
To maximize the performance of the PH-5 we also developed the dedicated, external super inductive power supply that allows the phono stage to achieve its fullest potential, reaching an even higher degree of musical realism, better dynamics, and greater three-dimensionality sound.
UPGRADE YOUR PHONO STAGE
The PSU-5 is the external power supply dedicated to the PH-5 phono stage, it’s the perfect upgrade to enhance the performance of the Gold Note analogue system and deliver flawless vinyl reproduction. It’s inspired by the same philosophy behind our series of external PSUs, such as the PSU-10 and PSU-1000. The design leverages a linear power supply with dedicated transformers, custom-made in Italy to specs, to provide high-quality power with consistency.
In addition to that, it features an inductive filter to prevent noise and interference from the AC power grid.
ULTRA-CLEAN POWER FOR THE AUDIO SIGNAL
The PSU-5 features a 2-transformer circuit for the linear power supply stage in order to effectively provide the best working condition to the PH-5, with plenty of ultra-clean power.
This allows the PSU-5 to prevent noise from the AC, which is also further removed by the dual-choke inductive filter developed with a dedicated transformer completely shielding the PH-5.
The large and ultra-clean power generated also enables greater dynamic and finer audio details guaranteeing the best realism and stage reconstruction.
Phono Stage Specs
EQUALISATION CURVE CONTROL
3 EQ curves (RIAA, Decca London, American Columbia) all with Enhanced option
INFRASONIC FILTER
10Hz/36dB octave
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
20Hz -20kHz ± 0.3dB
Enhanced 20Hz-50kHz ± 0.3dB
THD (Total Harmonic Distortion)
<0.05% @ 1kHz
SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO
89dB
DYNAMIC RESPONSE
105dB
ANALOGUE INPUT
1x RCA stereo MM/MC
INPUT SENSITIVITY
0.1mV MC up to 10.0mV MM
INPUT IMPEDANCE
9 options [10Ω, 22Ω, 47Ω, 100Ω, 220Ω, 470Ω, 1000Ω, 22kΩ, 47kΩ]
GAIN
MM= 40dB
MC= 60dB
with 4 options [0dB, + 3dB, ± 6dB]
CAPACITANCE (MM ONLY)
220pF
AUDIO OUTPUTS
1x unbalanced RCA
1x balanced XLR
OUTPUT IMPEDANCE
50Ω
POWER CONSUMPTION
10W
STANDBY CONSUMPTION
< 0,5W
POWER SUPPLY
100-120V or 220-240V, 50/60Hz
FUSE
0,5A F/T
DIMENSIONS
200W | 80H | 260D mm
290W | 180H | 390D mm – boxed
WEIGHT
Kg. 1.2 – net
Kg. 2.2 – boxed
Power Supply Specs
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
TECHNICAL FEATURES
3 rail audio grade power supply
3 ultra-low noise voltage regulator
MAXIMUM VARIATION OF OUTPUT VOLTAGE
0,05 %
LINE NOISE REJECTION
>80dB
COMMON MODE NOISE REJECTION
>80dB
FULL POWER RESPONSE TIME
<2,5µsec
POWER SUPPLY
100-120V / 220-240V with auto sense, 50/60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION
25W
DYNAMIC POWER
>50W
STAND BY POWER
<1W
FUSE
0,5A T
DIMENSIONS
200mm W | 80mm H | 260mm D
WEIGHT
Kg. 2 – net
Kg. 3 – boxed
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