BAT Balanced Audio Technology VK-P5Super high end phono stage for you vinyl lovers Bench-tested and heavy duty power switch installed recently, works perfectly! Some scratches on front and side panels, so asking less for the unit than we normally would. Retailed for $4,000.00, just recently superseded by VK-P6. Uses the venerable, highly regarded 6922 (8) and 2 6SN7 (x2) tubes. NOTE: Uses XLR (balanced) outputs, so you need Interconnects that use XLR or an XLR-RCA adapter. Sell for only $1500.00 Payment Methods accepted: Personal check, bank check (checks will need to clear), postal money orders, or bank wire transfers.
Basic Info Quiet with plenty of gain. Does run hot but it is pure class A. Solid, deep, and articulate bass. DUAL-MONO, BALANCED ZERO-FEEDBACK TOPOLOGY Balanced Audio Technology's VK-P5 phonostage delivers an enviable combination of performance and value to discriminating analog lovers. Incorporating many of the same engineering elements found in BAT's flagship phonostages, the VK-P5 employs ten tubes in a dual-mono, balanced zero-feedback topology. Dual-mono construction and enormous energy reserves are matched by extensive flexibility in cartridge loading. The result is an audiophile component with greatly extended dynamic range and the ability to resolve harmonic and reverberant detail in the quietest passages.
-=-=-=-=-=- More Product Details: BAT VK-P5 Tube Phono Preamplifier No Better Phonostage for the Price: Elevate Your Analog Playback to Reference Levels Ten Tubes, Fully Balanced Zero-Feedback Design, Dual-Mono Construction, Flying RIAA Network, Tremendous Energy Reserves: BAT VK-P5 Phonostage Delivers The BAT VK-P5 phonostage offers the best performance for its price in the field. Ten tubes, fully balanced zero-feedback design, separate toroidal transformers for each channel: VK-P5 is remarkable in its ability to let the music breathe. You'll hear a sound accurate in its portrayal of the instruments and voices contained in your vinyl's grooves. Renowned for its lush, smooth, detailed, and clear character, this phonostage will elevate your analog playback to reference-quality levels. Your record collection is worth--and worthy of--it. "What really impressed was the way the VK-P5 managed to sound vivid and immediate, while at the same time retaining a lovely effortless quality! For sheer lushness, the BAT VK-P5 produced an extremely smooth yet lucid sound that was open and very well balanced. I felt it gave an immensely likeable sound; warm and smooth certainly describe the effect, but it sounded detailed and clear too, with outstanding definition and clarity."
- Jimmy Hughes, Hi-Fi+, Issue 34 Dual-Mono, Balanced Zero-Feedback Topology
Balanced Audio Technology's VK-P5 phonostage delivers an enviable combination of performance and value to discriminating analog lovers. Incorporating many of the same engineering elements found in BAT's flagship phonostages, the VK-P5 employs ten tubes in a dual-mono, balanced zero-feedback topology. Dual-mono construction and enormous energy reserves are matched by extensive flexibility in cartridge loading. The result is an audiophile component with greatly extended dynamic range and the ability to resolve harmonic and reverberant detail in the quietest passages. Your records, your system, and your emotional satisfaction will be better off with the VK-P5 in the chain. "This entry-level phono preamp from BAT is so substantial in size and weight that you might mistake it for a power amp!"
- TONEAudio Superb Construction and Tremendous Energy Storage Reserves
The fact that the VK-P5 is a lower-cost member of the BAT family does not mean corners are cut in its construction. It uses the same heavy-duty chassis in BAT's top-of-the-line products. Its dual-mono topology starts with two massive toroidal power transformers, the same parts used in BAT's REX II preamplifier. From there, the power goes to massive energy storage reserves worthy of some power amplifiers. The large circuit board is meticulously laid-out for the shortest possible signal path. And the VK-P5's ten-tube topology is the same as that found in the VK-P10 Series. This phonostage is built for decades of musical enjoyment! Flying RIAA Network Ensures Your LPs Will Sound Way Engineer Intended
The VK-P5 employs a differential RIAA network, permitting ease of adjustment and improved common mode noise rejection. Completely passive, this circuit has fewer components than a more traditional implementation. Such benefits translate into improved matching of the RIAA curve to specification. With the BAT Flying RIAA network, you can be assured that all of your records sound the way that the recording engineer intended. Vacuum-tube current sources further improve the linearity and yield a more open, textured sound. Here, dual 6SN7 vacuum tubes act as current sources for the second gain stage. BAT thought of everything. All you need to do is listen. https://www.musicdirect.com/phono-preamps/bat-vk-p5-tube-phono-preamp
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