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Thank you for purchasing one of our units and welcome into the Gold Note world, where we turn High-End audio and music into a new experience. Maurizio Aterini, founder of Gold Note...
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Refer only to qualified Gold Note service personnel for service. GOLD NOTE - Information on the correct management of waste from household Equipment pursuant to the European Directive 2012/19/EU The crossed-out wheelie bin symbol shown on the equipment or its packaging indicates that the product, at the end of its useful life, must be collected separately from other waste to allow its proper treatment and recycling.
| INDEX INTRODUCTION AND FEATURES TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL SELECT FUNCTIONS DISPLAY OVERVIEW EQ CURVES FIRMWARE UPDATE WARRANTY AND SERVICE TROUBLESHOOTING RELATED PRODUCTS | PACKAGE CONTENT PH-1000 AC CABLE USER REMOTE MANUAL CONTROL...
| INTRODUCTION AND FEATURES THE MOST ADVANCED All the functionalities are in fact managed through discrete audio-grade components PHONO STAGE and sealed single switches, always shortening the signal path to deliver superior The PH-1000 is simply the best Phono Stage audio quality and extract even the finest we have ever created, a unique piece of details from the vinyl record.
40+ EQ CURVES RIAA, Capitol, Columbia/CBS, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca London USA, Decca London UK and Decca Mono 78rpm, Epic, HMW, Mercury, RCA Victor, Philips, Elektra, L’Oliseau-Lyre, Parlophone, and more. Each curve can be “enhanced” with our proprietary technology inspired by the Neumann Cutting Lathe for superior dynamic and musicality.
| TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS MAIN FEATURES POWER Frequency response: 20Hz – 20KHz Power supply: Dual-Mono linear power supply 100-240V +20 EQ presets, 4 custom setups (infinite with automatic selection variable curves), all with “Enhanced” option @ +/- 0.3dB max. Power consumption: THD (Total Harmonic Distortion): <0.01% PSU Input for external power supply Gold Note PSU-1250 &...
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 6 CAPACITANCE LEVELS Dimensions : OFF, 100pF, 150pF, 220pF, 330pF, 470pF, 430mm W | 135mm H | 375mm D 1000pF to finely match any cartridge. 630mm W | 350mm H | 600mm D - boxed Weight : RUMBLE SUBSONIC FILTER ON/OFF Kg.
| FRONT PANEL FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW intuitive system to easily control the phono The PH-1000 shows every detail on the colour display powered by our proprietary stage and quickly make fine-adjustments firmware. With the SKC [Single Knob Control without even interrupting the playback. technology] and the display, you have an LED: Standby (red), PSU Ext (green), ON (blue), OFF Headphone output...
| REAR PANEL EXTERNAL LOAD REAR PANEL OVERVIEW To use the external load on the RCA inputs, The PH-1000 offers 3 independent inputs, ensure to connect your turntable to RCA 2 two RCA and one XLR. There are also 2 and the external load to RCA 3.
| SELECT FUNCTIONS TURNING ON/OFF PH-1000 Then push the Single Knob Control for three Use the MASTER SWITCH on the rear panel to power PH-1000: the STATUS LED will turn seconds to activate the PH-1000: the STATUS ON to indicate that PH-1000 is in Standby. LED will turn blue.
| DISPLAY OVERVIEW CARTRIDGE SETTINGS PH-1000 The PH-1000 shows all the settings on the display - there are a number of features The external load for the RCA inputs is taken that you can adjust to perfectly match your from RCA 3 and applies to RCA 2 only. For cartridge and get the best out of your the XLR input, it is taken from XLR 2.
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| DISPLAY OVERVIEW SETTINGS AND FEATURES The other settings are dedicated to the Both the PH-1000 and the PH-1000 LINE features of the PH-1000. You can change feature a the mute function that can be inputs (RCA 3 and XLR 2 are available selected from the menu.
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| EQ CURVES EQUALISATION CURVE PRESETS The PH-1000 lets you select the most appropriate EQ curve for every record with 40 presets available. We included 18 of the most common and widespread curves: such as RIAA, Capitol, Columbia/CBS, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca London USA, Decca London UK, Decca Mono 78rpm, Epic, HMW, Mercury, RCA Victor, Philips, Elektra, l’Oliseau-Lyre and Parlophone.
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| EQ CURVES LIMITLESS CUSTOM CURVES The ability to manually modify the curves Bass Shelf (dB) is an exclusive feature of the PH-1000. This parameter controls the gain at 10Hz Using analogue technology, we developed and it’s also called a “low frequency shelving a unique design that allows you to create filter”, allowing you to adjust the gain from unlimited equalisation curves simply acting...
WARRANTY To validate the warranty it is necessary to Do not return any object directly to the register the unit on the Gold Note internet factory or to the distributor without being website within 15 days from the purchase on authorised to do so.
| TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION Buzzing noise coming from The phono stage is Try different placements the loudspeakers. very sensitive to the of the phono stage surrounding environment. and ensure that the environment is not affected by RFI/EMI. Always use shielded cables.
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PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION The sound seems off. Any MC and MM Refer to the cartridge has specific manufacturer’s values that should be specifications to set up set to achieve the best MC and MM cartridges. performance. PH-1000 is not working. The interconnect cables Always use only shielded used on the input/output...
| RELATED PRODUCTS CARTRIDGES ELECTRONICS P-1000 MkII TUSCANY High-quality Class-A line preamp with 8 Our top-of-the-line MC cartridge, the result XLR/RCA inputs and optional external of over 20 years of experience, boasts an power supply. extra-thin Micro Ridge diamond tip and precisely hand-wrapped coils.
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