Reed EQ
Phono Equaliser
The Reed EQ is expertly engineered to receive the signal from the Reed optical cartridge with full capacity, ensuring optimal performance.
Reed have crafted an equaliser that reflects their deep knowledge of high-end audio equipment design principles and techniques.
The result is an audio experience that delivers unmatched quality, clarity, and immersion — the unique benefits that only an optical cartridge can provide.
Before you experience the sound, you first need to see and handle the equipment.
Both the equaliser and its power supply — inseparable as a product — are crafted from machined aluminium.
Their substantial weight and solid construction provide a premium feel, while the anodised surface offers protection from damage.
The option to choose between Seashell White and Black versions ensures a seamless match with the rest of your audio equipment.
Reed follow a distinct electronics design philosophy that they have carefully implemented in their product.
Reed believe that signal integrity, channel symmetry, and noise reduction are essential factors in amplifier design.
To ensure the highest performance, they use only the finest components for signal processing.
For example, one of the key components is a discrete audio op-amp, which benefits from lower distortion due to minimal thermal coupling between the op-amp components and ensures class A output stage.
Additionally, the use of high-quality inductors in the passive equalising circuit contributes to better stability, consistency, a more linear phase response, and lower losses. Both left and right channels are completely symmetrical because the signal inversion is done with passive components.
The signal path PCB’s are gold plated to improve solder-ability and avoid oxidation.
The power supply is a separate body unit and also features several unique innovations.
One standout is the use of batteries to supply power to the cartridge LEDs.
This fully isolates the LED power supply from the rest of the system, ensuring the lowest possible noise levels.
The batteries charge autonomously, without user intervention, and provide an uninterrupted experience.
One battery pack is always charging while the other powers the LEDs, with seamless automatic switching.
The power supply also incorporates three separate power transformers to power different modules, further isolating the electronic circuits to minimise interference.
The equaliser features RCA (single-ended) input and output connectors, as well as XLR (differential) output connectors.
The control panel includes the following:
Mute switch – Removes the signal from the output, useful when mounting or adjusting the cartridge.
Filter switch (30Hz/50Hz) – Selects the high-pass filter cut-off frequency, allowing for better compatibility with different tonearm parameters.
Line/Phono switch – Switches between line and headphone output.
For occasions when listening through loudspeakers is not possible, they have included a headphone amplifier with a 6.35mm output socket.
To sum up, we are confident that our equaliser will offer a unique listening experience, allowing the listener to discover a whole new frontier in vinyl playback and shed new light on old records.
Reed EQ Technical Specifications
Reed EQ unit
Output voltage – 600mV at 1kHz with Reed SF cartridge connected
Input terminal – RCA Terminals
Output terminal – RCA Terminals, XLR Terminals
Dimensions – 330Wx330Dx80H mm
Output impedance – 47 Ω
Weight – 5.3 kg
Compatible headphone impedance – 32 – 600 Ω
Reed PS unit
Dimensions – 340Wx330Dx110H mm
Weight – 10.7kg
The designer and company owner, Vidmantas Triukas, is radio engineer, working in hi-fi audio equipment field since 1985.
He was working in scientific acoustic and ultrasound area, researching the transmission of acoustic noise in different materials and has three patented inventions in this field.
In 1987, Vidmantas Triukas with a few friends built an “audio set”, consisting of turntable, speakers and an amplifier, and presented it in USSR’s largest technical achievement trade show in Moscow.
For various innovations ( turntable motor automatic speed control, amp with very low linear distortions etc.) it was awarded a bronze medal in audio equipment category.
After 1990s Vidmantas started business in another area, however audio still was his passion all these years.
In 2007 he decided to start business and offer something amazing to the market.
After a year of continuous research, prototyping, design and testing he offered first Reed series tonearm.
Since then, his company works for its valued customers and tries to bring something special to the audiophile community.
Despite that Vidmantas is an inventor and a technical designer, he is also very passionate art lover. He studied art history in Sankt Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) in 1980 – 1982. 
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