Musical Fidelity A5CR Pre Amplifier

This beautiful preamp has excellent technical and sonic performance. On the technical side, distortion is very low over a wide bandwidth and the noise ratios are exemplary. The line stage has high input impedance which makes life easy for whatever is plugged in. The output impedance is very low, so that it will easily drive any combination of amplifier and cabling. The A5^CR preamp has very high output voltage capacity and incredible overload margins. All in all, the A5^CR preamp easily outperforms high end competitors that are priced at five to ten times more.
The A5^CR preamp’s power supply configuration is fully choke regulated so that it has outstanding immunity from mains borne interference.
It is fitted with a high quality phono MM/MC stage, with accurate RIAA, excellent noise ratio and great overload margin. The A5^CR preamp also has a home theatre direct input, which allows an A5^CR pre-power-based stereo system to become part of a multi-channel home theatre system.
The A5^CR preamp is outstanding value for money.

Output:
Voltage, RMS: 29 V, 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Voltage, peak-to-peak: 84 V
Impedance: 50 Ohms
Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz, ± 0 dB
Line Inputs:
Total Harmonic Distortion & Noise, 20 Hz to 20 kHz: < 0.01%
Signal / Noise Ratio Reference 1 Vrms output: > 100 dB ‘A’-weighted
Input Sensitivity for 1 V output: 240 mV
Input Impedance: 220 kOhms
Gain at Maximum Volume: 12.5 dB (4.2 times)
Overload Margin: 31 dB
Channel Separation: > 70 dB typical
Home Theatre Direct input : Input sensitivity Zero gain, not effected by volume control
Phono Input:
Signal/Noise Ratio Ref. 1 Vrms output: > 94 dB ‘A’-weighted moving magnet; > 88 dB ‘A’-weighted moving coil
Input Sensitivity for 1 Vrms output at 1 kHz: 2.5 mV moving magnet; 370 µV moving coil
Input Impedance: 47 kOhms
Overload Margin: Moving magnet: 31.2 dB; Moving coil: 30.9 dB
Inputs: 4 pairs line level RCA connectors; 1 pair (home theatre direct) power amplifier input RCA connectors; 1 pair phono RCA connectors
Outputs: 1 pair RCA main output controlled by the volume; 1 pair RCA tape record fixed line level output
Power requirement: 100/115/230 V, AC 50/60 Hz (factory pre-set), 10 Watts maximum
Dimensions: 440 (W) x 397 (D) x 125 (H) mm
Weight: 13.15 kg

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