PrimaLuna EVO 400 Tube Preamplifier – PrimaLuna

AC OFFSET KILLER – A PRIMALUNA EXCLUSIVE

PrimaLuna’s engineers have designed the AC Offset Killer to lower transformer noise to a place no other manufacturer dreams of going, regardless of how bad your electricity is. The result? Sense of space. Texture. The resonance of an acoustic guitar or violin string that seems to trail on forever. The AC Offset Killer will amaze you.

TAKMAN RESISTORS

If you bought a lesser amplifier, you would pay hundreds to make this upgrade. Easy to identify through their pink color, these premium resistors from Japan are popular with those who rebuild and upgrade their gear. “Modders” love TAKMAN for their low noise, linearity, and musicality.

DUAL TOROIDAL POWER TRANSFORMERS

All PrimaLuna products use massive, potted toroidal transformers. PrimaLuna transformers are enclosed in a metal housing and then potted in a non-microphonic resin to further reduce noise and to protect the windings from moisture and deterioration forever. They are massive, resulting in a preamp weighing a substantial 53 pounds.

TUBE RECTIFIED

Finding a preamp using one rectifier tube is sweet. PrimaLuna goes even further using two 5AR4 rectifier tubes in a dual-mono design to present your music with a three-dimensionality that will give you goosebumps.

JAPANESE ALPS BLUE VELVET POTENTIOMETER

PrimaLuna prefers analogue. And they use the Gold Standard in motorized potentiometers: The iconic Alps Blue Velvet. Why? Because they track perfectly, stay quiet, and don’t sound like chips!

SUPERQUIET LINE INPUTS

When an input is selected, that relay closes giving you the best connection possible. All the other relays are left open, so noise and signals from other sources can’t leak in. The signal path is now almost non-existent, so there are no wires to pick up noise.

POINT TO POINT WIRING

PrimaLuna employs Point to Point Wiring on all products. The entire signal path, including resistors and capacitors, is painstakingly hand wired with heavy-gauge cable by craftsman.

DUAL-MONO DESIGN

All PrimaLuna preamps are dual-mono for the ultimate in stereo imaging and a sense of space that goes on forever.

DIALOGUE FRONT-END CIRCUITRY

The DiaLogue Premium uses three 12AU7 tubes per channel. The result is even lower distortion and increased bandwidth over ProLogue.

SMARTGAIN DESIGN

PrimaLuna preamps use SmartGain. With a gain specification of only 10dB, you will find your PrimaLuna preamp is as quiet as a church mouse.

PERFECTMATCH

Another exclusive PrimaLuna feature is PerfectMatch, a circuit designed to present a perfect 100K ohm impedance to your source components.

Features:

• Inputs
• 3x Stereo RCA
• 2x Stereo XLR
• Stereo RCA HT Bypass
• Outputs
• Stereo RCA
• Stereo XLR,
• Stereo RCA Tape Out
• General
• Full Remote Control
• Dual Mono Design
• Tube Rectified
• AC Offset Killer
• Point to Point Wiring w/ Premium Swiss Wire
• Takman Resistors, ALPS Blue Velvet Potentiometer
• Dual Potted Toroidal Power Transformers
• Home Theater Bypass
• Gain: 9.7 dB
• Output Impedance: 256 ohms
• Optional MM Phonostage
• Faceplate Options: Black or Silver
• Tubes: 6x 12AU7, 2x 5AR4
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 15.2 x 8.1 x 15.9 inches
• Weight: 52.8 lbs.
• Warranty: 3 Yearsw/ registration

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