Doctor Faustus Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) Item Condition: Excellent Shipping Options: Pickup available but audition is not available.,Shipping is available at agreed cost. Suburb or Town: Sydney State: NSW Payment Method: Cash, EFT or Paypal (buyer pays fee) Reason for selling: NLR "A superbly made product that produces superb sound" - Michael Fremer, Stereophile Stereophile Class A Recommended Component Sells for $8000 in stores. The manual, alternative impedance cards and high quality resistors are included. Use the preselected impedance jumpers or make your own custom jumpers with supplied cards and resistors. Review: "The Audia Flight Phono combined pitch-black backgrounds and world-class dynamic presentation with a clean, ultrafast top end and a taut, well-extended bottom end." Stereophile Class A Recommended Component "...nothing but sonic pleasure... the Flight Phono produced music out of what subjectively sounded like an even blacker backdrop, and probably partly because of that, its soundstage presentation was among the most transparent, deep, and three-dimensional I've heard from any phono stage." MF - Stereophile A separate power supply, dedicated input preamplifier boards, high gain (74dB maximum) and low noise are only a few of its characteristics. The separate power supply was chosen to improve the shield of the preamp and to reduce the vibrations and resonance from the transformers to zero. Power supply The Audia Flight Phono Preamp's power supply is separate from the preamp chassis. A 50VA toroidal transformer supplies the analogue stages. On it is placed the first power supply (+/- 38V). Inside the separate power supply there is a 15VA toroidal transformer as well, to supply the relays and logic control. Previous user selections are stored in memory. To receive the commands from the pushbutton of the preamp chassis without electrical connections, several opto-isolators are used. There is also a low noise MOSFET power supply (+/-28V) on the preamp chassis for the second gain stage and another power supply for the first gain stage (+/- 15V). Thus, there are six power supplies in total! Preamp The Audia Flight Phono Preamp is based on Audia Flight's current feedback philosophy. The MC and MM input preamp boards are different, because MC and MM cartridges have different electrical characteristics. The MC preamp board is a transistor input preamp with 64 dB of gain. The MM preamp board is a differential transistor input stage with 40dB of gain. Both have low noise and low offset output. On both input boards, the impedance selectors are close to the input stage and are made by professional gold jumpers. Custom resistors can also be used for precise cartridge matching from the rear panel. After the first gain stage is the input selector, which is made with gold contact relays. Following this is the RIAA filter in passive configuration. It is made with 1% polypropylene and polystyrene capacitors. In this position, it's possible to select a subsonic IEC filter as well. The second gain output stage, which is completely redesigned, has improved speed and signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio. The second gain stage is switchable from 24 dB to 34 dB and has a balanced XLR output. A mono selector is an important element in achieving the best sound while using a stereo cartridge to play a mono record. The Audia Flight Preamp's mono selector sums the left and right channels together in the same manner as a mono cartridge would, which provides improved sonic performance. The Preamp board features DC offset protection; if there is an offset voltage, this feature will protect the unit and all others connected to it. Information: Gain MC 64 dB + 10 dB (74 dB in total) / MM 44 dB + 10 dB (54 dB in total) Frequency response (1Wrsm, -3db) 5Hz - 120 KHz THD <0.05% S/N ratio >90dB “A” weighted RIAA accuracy +/- 0.1 dB Channel Unbalance <0.04 dB Stereo separation >95 dB @ 10 KHzMC input impedance from 7 ohm to 980 ohm in eight steps plus a custom resistor value MM input impedance from 47pF to 600 pF in twelve steps plus a custom capacitor value Output impedance All outputs 500 ohm Phase Non inverted Maximum consumption 65WDimensions and weight 420x92x330mm (WxHxD), 10.5 Kg Original Box not included Edited December 29, 2020 by Doctor Faustus 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I can vouch for the Audia Flight phono pre-amp. It is the best phono pre-amp I've ever owned. Only sold when I exited vinyl. Good luck with the sale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychometrics1 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Can you advise whether you have original packaging and the age of the unit - are you the first owner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagleeyes Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Awesome SNA member with very high end gear, very helpful and knowledgeable , highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Great phono stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzagruzz Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) I had one of these and it was the best phono stage I owned. Only sold it to fund another purchase. However, another one for me is on the cards for the future. Edited December 20, 2020 by muzzagruzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Faustus Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) I did temporarily withdraw this but now on sale. Edited January 1, 2021 by Doctor Faustus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Faustus Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 This unit has two separate MC input boards Decided to sell after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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