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Vertere Acoustics Phono-1 LX

£1,650.00

Nine years on from its debut – and following landmark upgrades to MkII in 2019 and the ‘L’ in 2022 – PHONO-1 enters its most significant evolution yet.

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Vertere Acoustics Phono-1 LX

Phono stage

Phono-1 LX Orange

When Vertere Acoustics unveiled their CALON Dual Mono Precision Phono Preamplifier at Motor World during High End Munich 2024, it set a new benchmark for what a phono stage could be.

From that moment, one question drove them : what could those breakthroughs mean for the preamplifier that started it all?

Nine years in the making. Better than ever.

Nine years on from its debut – and following landmark upgrades to MkII in 2019 and the ‘L’ in 2022 – PHONO-1 enters its most significant evolution yet.
Darker backgrounds. Higher dynamic range. Razor-sharp spatial imaging and a vocal texture so lifelike, the performance feels present in the room.

The answer is PHONO-1 LX.

This isn’t refinement for refinement’s sake. Every sonic improvement has been matched by a more tactile, premium feel and a visual presence worthy of the engineering within.

  • New Upgraded PCB
  • Upgraded Internal DC Power Supply
  • New 2-way Phono Amplifier Earthing Switch
  • Improved AC Input
  • Vertere Blue-Green Power Indicator LED
  • New Chassis & Cover
Vertere Acoustics Phono-1 LX open top

New Upgraded PCB

The upgraded PCB features a superior gold-plated finish, ensuring consistent, high-quality component soldering across every connection. Designed for long-term reliability, it allows each circuit to perform at its best – every time

Upgraded Internal DC Power Supply

Improved components in the internal DC power supply deliver cleaner, more stable DC power throughout. The result is reduced noise and a more consistent power feed to each circuit – directly enhancing the performance of the Phono Preamplifier

New 2-way Phono Amplifier Earthing Switch

The new 2-way earthing switch offers a longer operational lifetime and easier operation, toggling simply between ‘Earth Lift’ or ‘Earth Connection’ to suit your audio setup

Improved AC Input

A specialised inductor on the AC input impedes high-frequency interference before it enters the circuit, with a second inductor on the post-transformer output providing an additional layer of filtering – keeping the feed to the DC power supply circuit free from unwanted RF interference

Vertere Blue-Green Power Indicator LED

The new blue-green power indicator LED aligns the PHONO-1LX visually with the DG X, Tempo, Imperium and CALON – giving the unit a striking, consistent look across the product range

New Chassis & Cover

The new cover features a fine textured, metallic silver finish with a premium tactile feel – giving the PHONO-1LX a bold, refined look worthy of any high-end setup. Eliminating the top four fixing screws creates a cleaner, uninterrupted aesthetic, bringing the PHONO-1LX in line with the CALON and cementing its place in a family of products designed without compromise

Phono-1 LX rear Vertere Acoustics Phono-1 LX Specifications

Vertere Acoustics Phono-1 LX Specifications

Type – MC/MM Preamplifier

Power Supply – Linear, Int. Switchable – Ultra Low Noise/Encapsulated Transformer

Gain Settings – 40dB to 63dB – In 12 steps – See Manual. High Gain version – Add 6.4dB to all settings

Input Impedance Settings

Resistance – 47k for MM. 78R to 47K for MC 0 In 14 Steps – See Manual

Capacitance – 100pF & 430pF for MM. 100pF to 1.02uF for MC – In 9 Steps – See Manual

Frequency Response – 20Hz – 20kHz (+/- 0.2dB)

Noise – <-78dB – AWD

THD+N – 0.009% – @1V

Front Panel Finish – Anodised Vertere Orange, Silver, Black & Black Acrylic DG Style

Idle Power Consumption – 1.7 Watts

Dimensions – W 210mm x D 240mm x H 55mm (inc. Switches & Feet)

Weight – 2.2kg

Additional information

Colour

Black, Silver, Vertere Orange, Black Acrylic DG style

Brand

Vertere Acoustics

Vertere Acoustics Reducing engineering to its fundamentals, to get you even closer to the original recording

When aiming to reproduce the complexities of music, it’s all too easy to introduce even greater complication in the engineering of audio equipment, putting in place one element to solve the problems of another until the whole design escalates into something fiendishly intricate – and expensive!

That’s not the Vertere way: coming at the whole problem with decades of audio and mechanical engineering experience, plus close collaboration with the recording and mastering industry, they step back, take a long hard look at the fundamentals, and look for simple, elegant solutions.

That may sound like a simple ‘less is more’ philosophy, but they prefer to look at it this way: the best audio equipment shouldn’t add anything to the original recording. Rather it should affect it as little as possible; bringing the listener ever closer to what the artist, producer and mastering engineer wanted you to hear.

Working with music industry professionals, they have access to master tapes and the acetates made in the production of records, and can compare the way the engineers heard them with the way they sound on their record players and via their cables. Vermeer Acoustics are constantly learning about how records are mixed, mastered, cut and pressed, and applying that knowledge to the way we design and build Vertere products.

The fundamentals of a record player are pretty much set in stone, in that a record needs to turn at a certain speed, and the stylus needs to follow the groove and allow the cartridge to convert its undulations into electrical signals with what is literally microscopic accuracy. However, just because those are the basics, that doesn’t mean there’s only one way to achieve them – which is why we take a long hard look, apply our ‘do no evil’ way of thinking, and endeavour to develop simpler, innovative solutions.

That’s why you’ll find their record players look different, both outwardly and in some of the engineering solutions you’ll probably never see. It’s all a matter of stripping down the engineering to those fundamentals by considering the absolute essence of how a record player works – from re-examining the way a cartridge gets its energy to ensuring it extracts maximum information from a groove that’s trying to throw it off track over a thousand times a centimetre.

So yes, the way they design and build their products is unique, but it’s not all about being eye-catching (even if we have to admit we think they look rather good): we hope you’ll find they sound just as unique, too, simply by bringing you even more of the music

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