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Moving Coil & Moving Magnet Phono Preamp
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Squeeze every inch of detail from your record collection with our highest quality moving magnet and moving coil phono stage, with integrated headphone amp; the Duo Phono Preamplifier.
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Vinyl as it's Supposed to Sound
Whether you’re dusting off your record collection or embracing analogue through the vinyl revival, there’s a unique experience to be had from the moment you drop the needle on your favourite album. To preserve the unique warmth of the vinyl sound, the Duo phono preamplifier has been carefully designed with a state-of-the-art switch mode power supply and a new surface mounted circuit board layout to reduce unwanted noise.
Why Choose a Dedicated Phono Preamplifier?
Due to the low-level signals created by a turntable, not all hi-fi amplifiers will let you connect directly to a record player. The phono preamplifier boosts this signal to something a power amplifier can work with. The challenge at this stage though is that noise can easily be added.
This is why we’ve designed the Duo around exceptional components that deliver the warm and detailed sound that’s synonymous with vinyl, all without distorting the signal from your moving magnet cartridge turntable. The switch mode power supply improves performance by switching outside of audible frequency to drastically reduce hum and new circuit board layout uses surface-mount components to reduce noise.
Vinyl. Just for You
Enjoy the warmth of vinyl privately thanks to Duo’s integrated headphone output. Uniquely, we integrated a 6.35mm headphone jack directly into the phono stage, so you can still enjoy your records when there’s no option to play out loud.
The integrated headphone output also means no need to turn on your amplifier just to power your headphones, resulting in a more eco-friendly listening experience.
Attention to Detail
If some records in your collection are a little worse for wear, the subsonic filter will help to eliminate low frequency rumbles that can be caused by imperfections within your vinyl. Combine this with the balance control for handling potential cartridge imbalances in your record player (that can cause a difference between the left and right channels) and the result is a detailed experience with accurate soundstage.
Eco Friendly
The Duo phono preamplifier is green at heart with less than half a watt standby power consumption and auto power down feature if the unit isn’t used after a 20 minute period. This in turn gives the unit the same worldwide voltage for compatibility wherever you are in the world.
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13 Reviews
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Lieber KundeVielen Dank dass Sie sich die Zeit genommen haben die Melomania's zu bewerten.Wir freuen uns dass Sie mit der Klangqualität der Melomania's zufrieden sind.Wir hoffen dass sie Ihnen jahrelanges Hörvergnügen bereiten.Mit freundlichen GrüßeKundensupport von Cambridge Audio
Excellent Phono pre-amp with a headphone socket
Purchased recently to drive a new pair of Accoustic Electric AE1 Active speakers, replacing an old but excellent Naim and Linn system I'd had for years but sadly no longer have space for. The MC circuit works really nicely, and the inclusion of the headphone jack is a real bonus. My only, really minor, niggle is that the volume knob only operates the headphone and not the RCA output. I can use the volume controls on the speakers, but as there is one on the back of each it's slightly less convenient. Of course a lot of active speakers have a remote including a volume control in which case that wouldn't be a problem (and I knew of it before my purchase).
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Thank you for such a positive review and more importantly thanks for your trust in choosing Cambridge Audio.We do take our customers feedback very seriously as this is very critical to our growth as a company. We will definitely pass your suggestions on to the relevant department.Kind Regards
Cambridge Audio Customer Support.
Simple and effective
I bought this to enable me to use a MC cartridge with my current amp which has a MM phone. Unfortunately the gain added means that this has to go into a line input rather than a phono so I had had to return it as I only have 2 line inputs and both are in use. This was my error but I have to say that fed into a line input the sound was very good.
Cambridge Audio have been very efficient in sorting out the return and refund which is much appreciated.Response from
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Thank you for the positive review and your precious time through this feedback.Kind Regards
Cambridge Audio Customer Support
What a value!
I have a special titanium tonearm that built by
my father before he passed away, it is based on Linn LVII Itokk, since he is the one manufacturing LIV II Ittok.I used to listen to LPs with this arm, with Linn Arkiv and Linto. Now that I updaed my system and normally listening to DVD-Auido and CD data with iTunes as AIFF format with descent audio interface, when I revive the LP12 with the titanium tonearm, the Arkiv didn't sound good enough to me. Then I started swapping the MC cartridges and found that Dynavector is very well balanced but certian frequency did not sound right. So I suspected that Linn had tuned the Linto to their cartridges. I could have bought more expensive phono eq, but since I'm familiar with the Cambridge EQ plug in on UAD audio interface, I gave a chance to the Alva Duo phono EQ then I was certain about my suspection on Linn combination.
Happy with this purchase and want to see to find better cartridge with this phono eq.
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The details
MAX POWER CONSUMPTION 10W CARTRIDGE SUPPORT Moving Magnet | Moving Coil Gain @ 1kHz MM: 39dB | MC: 60dB NOMINAL OUTPUT 300mV SENSITIVITY FOR NOMINAL OUTPUT MM: 3.35mV | MC: 305uV EQUIVALENT INPUT NOISE (A-WEIGHTED) MM: ~0.09uV | MC: ~0.08uV RIAA CURVE ACCURACY +/- 0.3dB 30Hz-20kHz SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO GROUNDED INPUTS REF. 1V output (20Hz-20kHz BW) MM: >90dB | MC: >70dB THD+N 1kHz (20-20kHz BW) MM: <0.0025% | MC: <0.20% INPUT IMPEDANCE MM: 47k Ohms | MC: 100 Ohms INPUT CAPACITANCE 100pF OVERLOAD MARGIN >30dB CROSSTALK @ 10kHz MM: >85dB | MC: 75dB DIMENSIONS (H x W x D) 48 x 215 x 159 mm (1.9 x 8.5 x 6.2") WEIGHT 0.95kg (2.1lbs) WHATS IN THE BOX? Alva Duo Moving Coil & Moving Magnet Phono Preamp, User Manual, Safety Guide, Mains Lead
Super verarbeitet, top Klang -- entspricht den perfekten Messwerten (siehe z.B. Test auf AudioScienceReview.com).
Einziger kleiner Haken ist, dass in der Tat der Kopfhörerverstärker, wie verschiedentlich berichtet, etwas mehr Leistung vertragen könnte. Bei weniger sensitiven Kopfhörer daher besser mit separatem Verstärker zu nutzen.