Everything Gained.
Turntable cartridges come in two distinct types – Moving Magnet (MM) and Moving Coil (MC). While the goal of both designs is to turn the analogue information on your records into an audio signal, the way they do this is quite different, and each required its own degree of amplification.
The ZEN Air Phono 2 is fully compatible with both types of cartridge. Simply switch the gain mode selector on the rear of the ZEN Air Phono 2 to the correct setting for your cartridge, and you’re ready to go.
Details, Revealed.
The noise floor of a typical phono stage is clearly audible in a setup of even modest quality. This is because their noise floor is in fact louder than the low-level textures and detail of the music on your record. The result is a fundamentally compromised representation of the original song.
The ZEN Air Phono 2 stands apart from such phono stages. Boasting a super-silent noise floor with an EIN (Equivalent Input Noise) of -151dBV, the ZEN Air Phono not only removes the audible noise floor found in many other phono stages but reveals greater details and subtlety in your favourite records.
The Beauty of Symmetry.
The Zen Air Phono 2’s circuitry boasts a symmetrical channel layout.
By designing the circuitry in this way, the ZEN Air Phono 2 offers similar benefits to balanced circuitry, such as lower noise, higher output, and improved channel separation. This type of circuitry design is extremely rare in phono stages at this price point.
The result for the listener is an audiophile-grade vinyl experience at an entry-level price point – performance without the price tag.
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