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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.Grimm Audios co-founder Peter van Willenswaard spent a lifetime designing and improving phono preamps, both solid-state and tube. Of all stages of audio amplification, phono preamplifiers pose the biggest challenges to a designer. With moving coil cartridges, deep bass signals of a mere 50 nV require no less than 90 dB amplification!
For the PW1 Phono Wizard, Peter managed to develop a solid-state phono preamplifier that matches his best tube-based designs. Peter believes that designing a good phono preamp is not about achieving the lowest possible harmonic distortion as an isolated parameter. He searches for an elegantly minimalistic circuit design in which he optimizes the electric environment of all the active components, in conjunction with a meticulously tuned power supply. Needless to say, passive components such as capacitors and resistors are carefully chosen.
The result is a well balanced design with Peters signature sound, that is very spacious, detailed and open, but at the same time rhythmically addictive and emotionally involving.
The industrial design had to justify this quality. Michiel Uylings of MU1 fame matched the sonics with a simple but powerful cabinet shape and Grimm Audios design team made the copper shielded interior look like a piece of art. Truly a design for generations to come.
Gain (MM, MC): 37 dB, 20/30 dB
Moving Magnet
Resistance: 47 k
Capacitance: 47 pF, 100 pF,220 pF
Moving Coil
Resistance: 33 , 100 , 330 , 47 k, 1 k
Capacitance: 330 pF, 680 pF
Dimensions (WHD): 3.9″ x 3.9″ x 9.8″ (100 x 100 x 250 mm)
Weight: 7.27 lb. (3.3 kg)
