Κώστας Φ.
Truth hurts. Here's a teddy bear.
- Μηνύματα
- 8.978
- Reaction score
- 895

Specifications:
- Phono Input: Switchable
- Phono MC Input Sensitivity/Impedance: 0.2mV/2-100Ω
- Phono MM Input Sensitivity/Impedance: 5V/47KΩ
- Output/Impedance: 5V/600Ω
- Phono Max. Input Voltage: 1,200mV
- Signal to Noise Ratio: 119dB
- Frequency Response: 20 – 20,000Hz
- Power Requirements: AC 120V or 220 – 240V 50/60Hz
- Power Consumption: 80W
- Dimensions: W 13.8 ×H 4.7 ×D 12.2 inch
- Weight: 17.6lb
- MSRP: $11,500
"The Masseto is the newest preamplifier from Ken Shindo, falls right in between the $7,900 Monbrison and the $16,000 Vosne-Romanee. It's designed around a special Telefunken LCP86 triode/pentode vacuum tube, and it uses one such tube per channel in the line stage, and they are mounted in a quaint little arched window in the front panel. The phono section has one Philips 6189W and one 12AT7 tube per channel. The Masseto has a dual power supply based on a pair of Philips 6X4WA rectifier tubes. There are also lots of other new old-stock parts like oil caps, and the like.
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After spending many, many hours in the last year and a half listening to different Shindo preamps, it is my humble, but informed opinion that there is something about them that sets them above the rest if your goal is to emotionally experience music in your home. The question of which one is simple. Buy the best one you can afford. The Aurieges is plenty good enough to let you build an outstanding system around it. After you get the other equipment you want, then the sky or the wallet's the limit."
Full Review: Dagogo.com

