iFi Audio ZEN Phono Preamp for Turntables
Fall in love with your vinyl all over again. You've spent years building your dream vinyl collection. The ZEN Phono is a wonderful enhancement to your vinyl setup. It will max out every MM/MC cartridge. Unlike any other entry-level phono stage, the ZEN Phono has: MM/MC from 36dB >72dB gain. Super-silent noise floor -151dBV Precise RIAA with Balanced output, performance comparable to +$1k phono stages AI sub-sonic filter. Addresses warp without eliminating bass or causing phase issues Hissless whisper Flagship phono amplifiers create their own power supply off the mains, like a mains regenerator. This is fundamental to a well-designed phono stage. Without this, it will struggle to amplify the signal without added noise. This is why phono stages 'hiss' so annoyingly. The ZEN Phono has its own high-tech clean power supply. It creates a 1.2MHz power supply (20,000x mains frequency of 60Hz). In this circuit, a 10uF filtering capacitor = 200,000uF at lower, audible