![]() Gold plated toggle switch rated for 50,000 cycles instead of the usual 10,000 cycles of cheaper push switches.Professional quality amplifier IC in a turned IC socket, easy to change if destroyed by faulty electronics downstream.1% tolerance metal thin film resistors in the audio path for high gain accuracy and excellent linearity.All electrolytic capacitors are long life Panasonic FR series, lasting for decades to come.Film capacitors in the equalisation network and subsonic filter, distortion free NP0/C0G ceramic capcitors filter RFI on the input.Double sided, fibreglass, plated through hole PCB, with ground planes on both sides for very low cross-talk.All hand-soldered through hole technology, no cheap surface mount components.Hand made in Kent, England and sitting inside a thick sandblasted anodised aluminium enclosure, the SPARTAN 5 is small in size, but full of quality components. Customers from the USA will be pleased to know that the SPARTAN 5 is available to order in black with a 110V NEMA PSU for $200. Silver and black units are now available to order in the UK for £150, and the EU for €185 with EU plug power supplies now available to ship as standard. Whether you're new to vinyl and looking for an easy upgrade over a setup like the one above, a long-time record collector looking to further improve over an integrated phonostage, or simply seeking the best practical performance from a moving magnet setup at this price, the SPARTAN 5's clarity and transparency will help you reach another level of immersion in your music. One type of setup that the SPARTAN 5 can bring the greatest improvements to is an upgrade to the low cost phono preamplifiers hidden inside many modern turntables that offer a line level output, as shown below.Īnnotated comparison video from the Audiophil YouTube channel These features make the SPARTAN 5 an excellent upgrade over many integrated amplifier phonostages, in addition to mass market external phonostages that offer no improvement over integrated ones. Fully linear, RC smoothed, split power supply for a hash-free listening experience with less than 0.5W idle power consumption.Second order subsonic filtering, integrated into the input network, using hand-matched capacitors to preclude tolerance issues. ![]() Mono switching uncovering detail by reducing noise and distortion on mono and heavily worn discs. ![]()
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