The Soundsmith MMP3 Phono preamp is a revolutionary design for the price – and the comments received at each hi-fi show prove it. These preamps are what Soundsmith use to demo their cartridges at all shows even our high end cartridge designs –
Each hand-made preamp circuit is housed in a high quality aluminum case, powered by an external DC power supply, with easy to set up instructions. All amplifiers have extremely accurate RIAA equalization response.
Preamp type = moving magnet
Input Load = 47kΩ 100pF
Gain =43dB standard ** or 34dB special order
Noise (unweighted) = -93dB down
Features = ultra low noise, constructed with very high end audio grade components
Width = 115mm
Hight = 54mm
Depth = 181mm
Weight = 0.41kg
** Soundsmith “Fixed Coil” Moving Iron cartridges are best with 42- 44 dB gain preamps; most moving magnet and moving Iron cartridges will work well with our 43dB gain preamps, however, for VERY HIGH output cartridges (4.5mV or higher) we offer a 34dB gain preamps as an option ~ THD measurements 1kHz, ~0.004%
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