Esoteric E-02 Phono Stage the apex of vinyl playback! to meet the demands of vinyl lovers the world over, ESOTERIC has poured knowledge accumulated over many years of developing audio technology into the E-02, their newest phono stage preamplifier. The E-02 inherits the philosophy that guided our highly acclaimed E-03 phono stage to be a continual best-seller for the last 8 years and adds the new fully balanced transmission and amplification circuit utilizing MC cartridges to achieve a level of analog playback that was previously unimaginable.
Esoteric E-02 Information:
- Fully Balanced Circuit Design
- Dual Mono Construction
- Super High-Quality MC Head Amplifier and RIAA Amplifier
- Equipped with ESOTERIC-HCLD, ESOTERIC’s Proprietary Current-Enhancing Output Buffer Circuit
- ES-LINK Analog Output
- Load impedance switching function that exploits the full potential of the cartridge
- Highly Rigid Chassis Construction
Simply playback a record for around 30 seconds with the DEMAG function switched on to demagnetize any unexpected magnetization of the cartridge’s coils or step-up transformers and recover the original sound. The E-02 is equipped with a sub-sonic filter (17Hz, -6dB/octave), a MONO switch and output switching (XLR, RCA, ES-LINK Analog) controls.
Specs:
| Phono inputs | |
| XLR | 1 pair (exclusive for MC) |
| Input impedance | 10, 50, 100, 200, 300, 500, 1k, 10kΩ (MC, switchable) |
| Input sensitivity | 1mV (MC, 1kHz, at rated output) |
| Maximum input level | 4.8mV (MC, THD 0.1%) |
| RCA | 2 pairs (MC/MM) |
| Input impedance | |
| MC | 10, 50, 100, 200, 300, 500, 1k, 10kΩ (switchable) |
| MM | 47kΩ |
| Input sensitivity | |
| MC | 1mV (1kHz, at rated output) |
| MM | 20mV (1kHz, at rated output) |
| Maximum input level | |
| MC | 4.8mV (THD 0.1%) |
| MM | 100mV (THD 0.1%) |
| Analog audio outputs (switchable) | |
| XLR/ES-LINK Analog | 1 pair |
| Output impedance | 20Ω |
| Rated output level | 4Vrms |
| RCA | 1 pair |
| Output impedance | 23.5Ω |
| Rated output level | 2Vrms |
| General | |
| Power supply | |
| AC 230V, 50Hz | |
| AC 120V, 60Hz | |
| AC 220V, 60Hz | |
| External dimensions (W×H×D) | 445 × 131 × 377mm 17-⅝” × 5-¼” × 14-¼” (including protrusions) |
| Weight | 12.5kg / 27-⅝ lb |
