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Jazz
Club Vinyl and 78 Restoration Phono Preamplifier
The
Jazz
Club phono preamplifier allows you to restore the musical glory and
original tonal balance of older records (78's, early LP's and singles)
and provides the highest fidelity reproduction of modern RIAA recordings.
The use of the miraculous Era Gold Mk V
phono preamp as its base assures supreme musicality with records old
and new.
Michael Fremer
in the Stereophile June 2002 issue (Vol. 25 No. 6) states "I
couldn't believe the presence in Ella's voice, or the lack of noise
from the old shellac..."
Since then the Jazz Club has become a Stereophile Recommended
Component (October 2002, April 2003 and October 2003), a venerable currency
it still holds today. It has garnered other publicized recommendations
as well. From across the sea for example, Gramophone Magazine's
Caroline Osborne confirmed the Jazz Club's exceptional properties. Smoother,
more open, lower surface noise, better tonal depth, clarity and instrumental
separation (even with mono records!). And to cap it all, it sounded
better than CDs of the same session! She states "LPs via the Jazz
Club were the clear winner...This is a fine phono stage indeed..."
(Gramophone, March 2003 p111.)
When
most broadcasters, archivists and record playing end-users dub old records
onto digital media or tape, they use any utility RIAA phono stage and
then pass the signal through a graphic equalizer or digital equivalent
and a de-clicking device. Most of it is done by ear and is therefore
not exactly true to the original. Passing through so many stages also
is the wrong way to preserve the feel, content and clarity of the music.
The Jazz Club vinyl
and 78 RPM restoration phono preamplifier is primarily an exceptional
phono preamlifer on which virtually all of the known equalization characteristics
can be selected, equalizing the music accurately and in one go so as
not to lose aby valuable information. The Jazz Club is based on the
miraculous Era Gold Mk V phono preamp. In fact, the Jazz Club is an
Era Gold with the addition of a switchable equalization (EQ) board with
15 EQ pre-sets and a different casing and panel. Its use of a very fast
circuit also has the property that de-accentuates clicks and pops and
thus de-clicking can be left out altogether.
Results
you can hear and enjoy
The
result is simply termed as "near master tape or acetate quality."
It is sadly something you will not hear from CDs mastered as above or
on the radio unless they use the Jazz Club vinyl and 78 restoration
phono preamplifier for re-recording.
Individual
Works of Art—Hand built and Tested
Below is an internal view of the Jazz Club showing the heavy duty gold
plated phono sockets, Era Gold main board, and EQ switching board containing
24 high speed polypropylene capacitors.
Each
Jazz Club is an individual work of precison and art. Each is handbuilt
and the finished product is tested by the designer himself to ensure
that it meets his exacting specification and performance standard.
The Jazz Club vinly
and 78 RPM restoration phono preamp is supplied with the PSU1 outboard
power supply with a 2-pin American plug for 110-120V operation. The
PSU1 is included in the price.
By varying the positions
of the two front panel switches, the Jazz Club may be made to restore
the tonal balance of the labels tabulated below.
Now here is a phono
preamp for ALL of your records!
| LP's
and singles |
| Switch
positions |
Equalise |
250/13.7 |
Early
FFRR (pre '53) |
500/11 |
FFRR
(Decca/London). MGM, EMI, HMV, RCA, Victor, English Columbia |
500/13.7 |
240mV
- 1.08V |
500/16 |
26dB
ref 2mV input |
| 78's |
| Switch
positions |
Equalise |
250/0 |
Columbia
(English), EMI, HMV |
250/5 |
Coumbia
(American 1925>), FFRR, Victor (1925> - some) |
250/16 |
Columbia
(American 1938>) |
375/5 |
Victor
(1925> - some) |
375/11 |
Capitol,
Early Decca, Mercury |
500/0 |
Brunswick,
Parlophone |
500/S |
Victor
(1925> - some, and 1938-47) |
500/11 |
MGM,
Victor (1947>) |
| Technical
Specifications |
| Nominal
Input Sensitivity |
4 mV rms |
Maximum
input |
45 mV rms |
Nominal
output |
472 mV rms |
Maximum
output |
5.3 V rms |
Gain |
41.5 dB (118) |
Input
resistance |
47 kOhms |
Input
capacitance |
100 pF |
Output
will drive |
600 Ohms |
Noise |
-68 dB CCIR q-pk 20Hz - 20kHz |
| Distortion |
0.02% |
RIAA
accuracy |
0.5 dB |
Frequency
response |
5Hz - 150 kHz |
| Channel
balance |
0.2 dB |
Channel
separation |
64 dB |
Warranty
Should this product fail while being used for its intended purpose,
within one year of purchase, we will repair or replace it at our discretion.
No other liability will be accepted. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Manufacturer:
Graham Slee Projects
1 Monks Way, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, S71 2JD, United Kingdom
tel/fax: +44(0)1226 244908
US Pricing:
US$1,156.95 + $15.95 S&H US
How to Order
You can order through us or preferably through our dealers LP
Gear or LP Tunes. We accept
PayPal, check, money order, and cash payment in US$ funds along with
an order. To save you time , we recommend payment via
PayPal
- it's fast, free and secure!
Our receiving address is provided below.
ELEX ATELIER™
PO Box 96244, Las Vegas, NV 89193
USA
e-mail: LpBelts@yahoo.com
e-mail: elex@elexatelier.com
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