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A Great Sounding Remote Controlled Phono Preamp with Phase & Mono Switches!
PS Audio is teaching the audiophile world a thing or two about designing audio components for the people who really use them! PS Audio spent two years in R&D on their Gain Cell Phono Preamp, the GCPH. Built for the most demanding of audiophiles, the GCPH is first and foremost a great sounding phono preamp. Because it's a PS Audio product the GCPH also
has a number of great features not usually available on a product at
this price. This is one of Music Direct's best-sellers and is, of
course, 100% Money Back Guaranteed!
“The GCPH was easily the match of any preamp I’ve heard at this
price and better than many. With its Phase and Mono switches, plus its
versatile gain and output capabilities, its one of the best values in
under-a-grand phono preamps and easy to recommend!”
- Michael Fremer, Stereophile, Recommended Product Listing
Mono Switch
There are so many great recordings in Mono, it's almost impossible not
to end up with a few Mono LPs. Of course, the best way to play these
back is with a Mono phono cartridge, but that can be expensive or
technically challenging. The next best thing is a Mono switch. At the
flick of a button, the GCPH cancels out all the stereo
information, leaving only pristine Mono information. The center image
pops into focus and backgrounds become shockingly quiet. The best part
is, the GCPH makes it so easy to switch between Mono and Stereo there's no excuse not to buy those Mono LPs you've had your eye on.
Phase Switch
Phase inversion is perhaps one of the most common problems found
in recordings, and can be found on all types of music from virtually
every era in recorded history. Phase inversion is where the absolute
phase of the recording has been reversed, making the music sound
"thinner" than it should and less focused. A simple press of the Phase
button on the PS Audio GCPH restores correct absolute phase, allowing the recording to be heard as it was intended.
RIAA Perfection
Perhaps one of the most under-appreciated and overlooked aspects of
phono preamp design is fidelity to the RIAA curve. Deviations from the
RIAA curve inevitably change the tonal balance of the recording,
distorting the original performance from its intended sound. PS Audio meticulously engineered the GCPH to track the RIAA curve faithfully. The GCPH is accurate to 1/10th of a dB across the entire curve, this high level of accuracy is evident in the GCPH's purity and tonal accuracy.
Adjustability
Flexibility is a key feature in a phono preamp; the ability to change
gain and impedance allows much greater choice when it comes to selecting
a cartridge. The GCPH makes it easy to switch both, via switches
on the rear. There's no fiddling with tiny jumpers, soldering of
resistors or incomprehensible and convoluted choices. The knobs on the
rear offer coarse control of both gain and impedance, the front Gain Cell control allows for fine gain adjustments to get the setting exactly right.
Gain Cell Technology
PS Audio’s very clever and proprietary Gain Cell technology allows the GCPH to
vary the gain of the circuit, much like a gas pedal on a car allows
direct control of the engine’s power. This is one of the coolest aspects
of the GCPH, the actual output of the circuit can be varied without losing transparency or acoustic power. Thanks to the Gain Cell, the GCPH can
be easily level-matched with all the other sources in the system, or be
used to drive a power amp directly for a very simple all-analog system,
or drive very long cable runs to a preamp with negligible loss. PS Audio's Gain Cell Technology makes the GCPH one of the most versatile phono preamps we've ever used.
Power Supply
PS Audio takes power delivery very seriously. Whether it’s power from the wall or the current inside their audio components, PS Audio believes that power makes or breaks a component. The GCPH has
been given a massively over-built, dual-mono high performance power
supply; complete with toroidal transformers, banks of capacitors and
highly regulated voltage supplies. The power supply in the GCPH has
been designed to effortlessly supply any demands your analog rig might
make. Whether you use the balanced or the single ended outputs, an
ultra-low output MC cartridge or a very high-output MM cartridge, the GCPH's power supply delivers gobs of current, quickly, efficiently and most importantly, noiselessly.
Gain: (Selectable)
48/54/60/66dB Balanced Output
42/48/54/60dB Unbalanced Output
Loading: (Selectable)
100/500/1k/47k ohms
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