Rotel RQ-970BX Phono Stage

Here we have a high quality phono stage, or phono equalizer as Japanese company Rotel like to call it. A 5* award winner back in the day, it is in very good condition, and will be supplied suitably packaged along with manual and our regular three month warranty.
Rote Said….
A family whose passionate interest in music led them to manufacture high fidelity components of uncompromising quality founded Rotel over 30 years ago. Through the years that passion has remained undiminished and the family goal of providing exceptional value for audiophiles and music lovers, regardless of their budget, is shared by all Rotel employees.
The engineers work as a close team, listening to, and fine tuning each new product until it reaches their exacting musical standards. They are free to choose components from around the world in order to make that product the best they can. You are likely to find capacitors from the United Kingdom and Germany, semi-conductors from Japan or the United States, while toroidal power transformers are manufactured in Rotel’s own factory.
Rotel’s reputation for excellence has been earned through hundreds of good reviews and awards from the most respected reviewers in the industry, who listen to music every day. Their comments keep the company true to its goal – the pursuit of equipment that is musical, reliable and affordable.
With the increased use of digitally based audio media, many modern high performance audio components lack the circuitry needed to handle the signals produced by phono systems. The RQ-970BX is a high performance phono equalizer. The output signal from the RQ-970BX can be plugged into any line level input. The RQ-970BX uses the same sophisticated circuit designs and high quality components that have made Rotel a world-wide standard of performance. This type of design is more expensive to manufacture, but it is better for the music.
This outboard phono preamp/equalizer makes the perfect companion to the RC-970 line drive preamp or any digital-based system where phono capabilities need to be added. The RQ-970 accepts both moving magnet and moving coil cartridges.
Specifications:
Total Harmonic Distortion: < 0.004% (20 Hz – 20 kHz)
Intermodulation Distortion: < 0.004% at 1 V output (60 Hz : 7 kHz, 4:1)
Input Sensitivity / Impedance: MC 210 µV / 100 ohms; MM 2.5 mV / 47 kOhms
Phono Overload: MM 16 mV / MC 160 mV
Output Sensitivity / Impedance: 150 mV/ 100 Ohms
Frequency Response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz, ± 0.2 dB
Signal to Noise Ratio: MC 70 dB; MM 75 dB (IHF “A” weighted)
Power Requirements 115 Volts, 60 Hz or 230 Volts, 50 Hz
Power Consumption 10 Watts
Dimensions: 440 (W) x 195 (D) x 72 (H) mm
Weight: 3.1 kg