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Parasound® Zphono Phono Preamplifier

At a Glance

Missing a phono input in your audio system? Well, take those LPs out of storage, the Zphono is here! This elegantly simple and affordable component allows your turntable to be used with any preamplifier or receiver with sound quality that does full justice to your record collection. Long live vinyl!

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Works with all line drive preamplifiers

RIAA curve accurate to 0.25 dB

Ultra-low distortion

Switchable gain for moving magnet or moving coil cartridges

Exclusive AC polarity switch to eliminate hum

Ultra high-speed, low-noise opamps

Audiophile grade resistors and capacitors

Gold-plated RCA input and output jacks

Unique half-rack width chassis; 1 rack space high

Gain at 1 kHz

MM, 46dB; MC, 61 dB

Input Sensitivity at 1 kHz

MM, 5 mV in for 1.1 V output

MC, .9 mV in for 1.1 V output

Input Impedance

MM, 47 k O

MC, 100 O

Input overload

MM, 200 mV; MC, 36 mV

Input Capacitance

150 pF

RIAA accuracy

0.25 dB, 20 Hz - 20 kHz

S/N ratio

MM, 84 dB

MC, 58 dB

Power requirement

115 V - 230 V, 60/50 Hz, 5 W

Dimension

Height without feet: 1.75”