Created to offer the best in tonal accuracy and reliability of any product in its class, The Grail is a phono preamplifier intended for those who want to fully exploit the potential of the best pickup cartridges on the market.
As befits a reference product signed by a legend of analog sound like Van Den Hul , The Grail is a prodigious electronic both in terms of conception and engineering, with details such as the absence of capacitors in the critical RIAA equalization circuitry , the use of printed circuit boards with treated gold tracks to suppress microphonic effects or the use of an input stage that automatically adapts to the characteristics of any moving coil (MC) cartridge.
The result: music in all its fullness.
Characteristics:
- Absolute reference phono preamplifier.
- Compatible with moving coil (MC) and moving magnet (MM) cartridges.
- Executed with components selected for their sound qualities.
- Decoupling feet made of wood to avoid the storage of mechanical energy.
- Very low noise input stage compatible with very low output moving coil cartridges.
- Physically separated subsystems, with shielded main power transformer located in a separate enclosure.
- Available gains: 33, 41 and 50 dB for MM capsules; 56, 64 and 73 dB for MC capsules.
- Automatic adaptation of input impedance between 40 and 400 Ohm for MC capsules.
- Optionally available with battery power supply.
