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- Μηνύματα
- 8.978
- Reaction score
- 895
NuForce P-9 Preamplifier
Price: $3150 USD.
Warranty: Three years parts and labor.
"Features
The NuForce P-9 "places all noisy circuitry (three separate power supplies and the microprocessor control logic) in a separate chassis.… The other chassis contains only analog circuitry, including a continuous ALPS volume potentiometer. The audio signal passes only through the analog chassis, safely isolated from noise."
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Bottom line
A preamplifier has a tough job. At a minimum, it must take low-level signals, pass them through a selector switch and volume control, and then through one or more gain stages to produce a signal that can drive interconnects and a power amplifier, all without theoretically adding any sound of its own. Because the level of incoming signals is low (often only a fraction of a volt), a preamp must also be extremely quiet; any noise it creates will be amplified along with the signal. The volume control is also a big factor. Junky volume controls have been known to degrade a preamp’s sound. Ditto poor selector switches.
Well, if the function of a line stage is to pass the signal through without changing anything except its level, then the NuForce P-9 fills the bill. The P-9’s transparency is exceptional. In retrospect, this preamp's extremely low noise, colorful tonal palette, and notable dynamic prowess were really features of the products I listened to with it. That's transparency. During the P-9's stay in my system, I never once wished I was listening to a tube line stage, and I haven't been able to say that about many solid-state preamps.
Demian Martin and the folks at NuForce have produced a line-stage preamp worthy of the company's distinguished amps -- and really any amp with which you'll pair it. The P-9 is a solid-state line-stage preamp that even a confirmed tube dude like me could live with."
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