ICON PS1 MkII - 'all valve' phono stage

Made by Icon Audio, Leicester, UK - this product is partly manufactured in China, with final assembly in UK.

£1,299.00 / US$2400 / AU$2800

AUDIOPHILIA (Canada) review 16/02/2020, Anthony Kershaw.

Specifications and Features:

• Built in volume control
• Stereo/mono switch for better S/N and distortion from mono and worn stereo records
• Choke regulated power supply
• Separate Power supply for lower noise
• Hand wired point to point
• Japanese Blue ALPS volume pot.
• 2x ECC83 1x ECC81(?) triodes (plus 2 PSU valves)
• Sensitivity: 3mv for 1.26v output (0.3mv MC)
• Gain MM 53db MC 72db with SUT
• Load imped: 47k MM, 100 ohms MC
• Source impedance 50 ohms
• Signal to noise level -75db (MM unweighted)
• RIAA Freq response 20hz-20khz +0 – 1db
• No feedback, passive RIAA
• High quality 2w metal film, & wire-wound resistors
• Polypropylene audio capacitors
• Silver PTFE audio cable
• DC supply for valve heaters
• Heater circuit floated to minimise heater-cathode noise
• Dimensions
88mmW, 310mmD, 134mmH, 3kg Pre-amp
165mmD, 82mmW 80mmH 4kg PSU