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User manual
Bedienungsanleitung
Technical data / Technische Daten
Warranty / Garantie
Dear Clearaudio customer,
The Clearaudio Absolute Phono is the world's first active headshell moving coil phonostage.
A tiny circuit board installed in the headshell of the tonearm amplifies the highly sensitive moving coil
cartridge signal at its source: the output of the cartridge. As a result, the signal to noise ratio is
improved by approximately ten decibels across the entire audio bandwidth.
The Absolute Phono is designed and constructed without compromise. The sophisticated power supply
is located in a separate chassis to keep mains-borne interference to a minimum. Power to the
headshell-mounted amplification stage is routed from the power supply via the main chassis.
No relays or coupling capacitors are used in the signal path as they would otherwise degrade the
sound. In addition, hand-selected state-of-the-art non-magnetic silver Clearaudio Glimmer capacitors
are used at key areas throughout the circuit where they further contribute to the exceptional sound
quality.
The Absolute Phono features two pairs of outputs: both balanced feeding XLR connectors and
unbalanced feeding RCA phono sockets. To avoid interfering with each other each of these outputs
has its own dedicated output driver stage.
The Absolute Phono's standby power consumption follows the latest EU directive
and is below 0.5 Watts.
For ease of use the Absolute Phono is equipped with a bright blue single multi-function switch for
'On', 'Off', 'Mute' and 'Standby' modes.
The Absolute Phono is suitable for all Clearaudio tonearms and will be installed by Clearaudio in our
factory in Erlangen, Germany.
The circuitry of the Absolute Phono is designed to work perfectly with any moving coil cartridge from
any manufacturer. This is ensured due to the selected current amplification control which eliminates
the need to set the correct load resistance and load capacitance. The optimum operating condition is
always set automatically.
Clearaudio wish you the greatest of enjoyment with your new Absolute Phono.
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