ZEN Air Phono

Phono Preamplifier

Enjoy a purer listening experience with the ZEN Air Phono, our super affordable phono stage.

A phono stage, also called a phono pre-amp, provides the connection between the record cartridge/pickup (stylus) and the amplifier.

Turntable cartridges output a very small signal. This signal needs amplifying up to several hundred times the original size before it is loud enough for your amplifier. A phono stage increases the signal level from millivolts to volts.

When vinyl was the standard for audio recording, the phono stage was built-in to receivers and amps, allowing direct connection of a turntable. These days most receivers and amps do not contain a phono stage so a separate unit is needed.

It is a necessity for any turntable without a phono stage already built in. It will also upgrade a basic built-in phono stage in a turntable or amplifier system.

Listening to music on vinyl is good for the soul. It sounds purer than listening to a track via your phone or computer.

Make this experience purer still by reducing hiss, noise and rumble on your records with the ZEN Air Phono.

• Power supply requirement: DC 5V/1.0A (centre +ve)
• Frequency Response: 20Hz -20kHz (±0.15dB)
• Channel Separation: > 75dB (1kHz all modes)
• Max Output Voltage: RMS6.5V RMS 600Ω(<1% THD & N)
• Gain: MM 40dB / MC 64dB
• Input Impedance: MM 47k / MC 1k
• Output Impedance: 100Ω
• SNR: MM (40dB ±1dB): 86dB (A-weighted) re 1V, MC (64dB ±1dB): 82dB (A-weighted) re 1V
• Ein (equivalent input noise): 0.6nV | /Hz (unweighted) 6.5nV | /Hz (unweighted), MC: -151dBV (A-weighted), MM: -130dBV (A-weighted)
• Total Harmonic Distortion: MC: <-80dB / 0.01% re 1V, MM: <-90dB / 0.005% re 1V
• Power Consumption: <1.8W