Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2021/04/07

What if you could play back any LP ever pressed with the correct equalization? And what if you could adjust or even modify that equalization curve on the go? Or adjust any of the settings using a simple knob without messing around dip switches and external components? That’s Gold Note’s PH-1000, an ultra-low noise phono stage with high gain and no audio filters designed to be easy to use and easy to love in a way that will change how you think about your analogue setup.
The PH-1000 is a premium phono stage that combines a digital interface with a Class-A discrete component design, offering the widest range of equalization, gain, load and capacitance adjustments to correctly match any cartridge ever developed. It doesn’t just come with 18 EQ curves available for Stereo, Mono and 78rpm records – it allows you to adjust the de-emphasis curve to virtually recreate any EQ curve ever used to press a record.
The device features a headphone output with dedicated volume control, 3 independent inputs (RCA and XLR), and a rotary control to navigate the menu on the display to change settings while playing music. There are also an external load capability, Stereo/Mono switch, phase inversion, L/R channel swap and a subsonic filter. The PH-1000 is available in two models – PH-1000 and PH-1000 LINE with the later featuring a Class-A line preamp stage.
The device features 12 load options (from 10Ω to 100KΩ), 14 gain levels (from 31dB to 74dB) and 7 options to adjust the capacitance (from off to 1000pF). There are 3 RCA and 2 XLR inputs which can also be used for external load plugs. The rumble filter is a 10Hz-36dB/oct design and the Stereo/Mono control allows for 5 different settings (Stereo, Stereo 180°, Mono, Mono 180°, Mono L).
The preamplifier comes with a remote and the headphone output level can be set to High or Low to match a wide range of headphones. There are 4 EQ curve setups that can be manually adjusted by acting on three main parameters (turnover bass, bass shelf and treble cut) using analog processing. Each curve can also be further customized using the proprietary “Enhanced” function which comes from the Neumann Cutting Lathe project.

For more information: https://www.goldnote.it/

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