{"product_id":"ifi-audio-zen-air-phono-2","title":"iFi Audio ZEN Air Phono 2","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMM\/MC phono preamplifier for rediscovering vinyl\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe iFi Audio ZEN Air Phono 2 is an all-analogue phono preamplifier with features rare in its class. It clearly improves listening compared with the phono stages built into turntables and amplifiers, thanks to a very low noise floor, precise RIAA equalisation and a subsonic filter that leaves the bass alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ZEN Air series chassis measures 158 x 117 x 35 mm and weighs 323 g. It is powered with the supplied USB to DC cable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCompatible with MM and MC cartridges\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving magnet (MM) and moving coil (MC) cartridges need different amounts of amplification: the gain selector on the back adapts the ZEN Air Phono 2 to either, with 40 dB for MM and 64 dB for MC. Newcomers need not worry about cartridge choice, and those who change cartridge need not change preamplifier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaximum output voltage is 6.5 V RMS; in the MM position the stated signal-to-noise ratio is 86 dB (A-weighted).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eRIAA within ±0.15 dB and intelligent subsonic filter\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecords are cut with an equalisation curve that has to be reversed precisely on playback. The ZEN Air Phono 2 does so within a tolerance of ±0.15 dB between 20 Hz and 20 kHz, to deliver the music as artists and engineers intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarped records generate a very low frequency rumble. Ordinary subsonic filters remove it together with the bass; the one developed by iFi since 2012 tells the vertical information in the groove from the lateral and filters only the warp, without attenuating bass or adding group delay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e-146 dBV noise and symmetrical channel circuit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn many phono stages the noise floor covers the faintest details cut into the record. Here equivalent input noise falls to -146 dBV (A-weighted) in the MC position and -126 dBV in the MM position, letting the nuances come through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe circuit has a symmetrical layout of the two channels, a rare solution at this level, which brings benefits similar to those of balanced circuits: lower noise, higher output and better channel separation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ifi Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58694745653592,"sku":"IFIZAP2","price":123.46,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/5278\/7645\/files\/ifi-audio-zen-air-phono-2-fronte-kpmdi.jpg?v=1791445161","url":"https:\/\/videosell.it\/en\/products\/ifi-audio-zen-air-phono-2","provider":"Videosell store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}