D Klimo Viv MM/MC phono stage with separate Tube Based Power supplyThis is an approximately 16 years old all-tube phono stage which works well. Beautiful rich sound, handsome appearance, and substantial tube power supply. Good cosmetic condition. Some marring on the front left edge and front of phono stage (see photos). The glass top for the phono stage has minor 1-2mm chipping around a mounting hole. Small rubber grommets cover this and reduce likelihood of additional chipping. The included owner’s manual has a schematic which will help those who are interested in changing the MC load resister (currently at 100 ohms). An online phono stage reviewer at: http://audiotools.com/riaa.html had this to say about the Viv and TBP: Klimo “Makes the Viv valve based phonostage, this is an excellent sounding unit, very smooth and warm if a little dear price wise as all quality valve based stages have a tendency to be, it can be driven by just about any cartridge including very low output MC units, but as with valve units in general if the MC output is less than 0,3mV or so you start to hear a little noise, so if your pickup has much less than a 0,2mV output a high quality, low/medium gain transformer is not a bad idea, actually a high gain transformer will do fine if you already have one as the input on the Viv/Merlin is very forgiving, even connecting a high gain tranny to a medium/high output carts did not manage to overload the input, unusual and a sign of a quality design.” A user review at Audio Asylum shared his experience: “The D.Klimo VIV (the MC gain + RIAA stage) and the TPS (tube power supply for VIV) are a beautifully constructed full valves phono stage.….The full hand made unit perform very well to convey emotion, where you can feel that the music is surrounding you. I feel this when I owned this unit years ago. I had listened to most of the phono preamplifier in the market but I really like this unit, this might be my best companion for the coming year, and years…….." SPECIFICATIONS:
MC Stage
Gain 26dB
Input impedance 10ohm - 47Kohm
Valves 2 x E88CC
MM
Stage
Gain 35dB (1KHz)
Sensitivity 1mV
Frequency response 3Hz - 450Khz -3dB
Input impedance 47Kohm
Output impedance 150ohm
Saturation 350mV (1KHz)
Valves pre used 2 x E88CC, 2 x ECC81
Valves power supply used 1 x EZ81, 2 x ECC81
Pre dimensions (l x h x d) 38 x 14 x 25,5cm; 15”w x 11”d x 5”h
Power supply dimensionsÊ (l x h x d) 24x 17 x 41cm ; 10”w x 17”d x 7”h Includes phono stage, power unit, tubes, manual, power cord Paypal fees and shipping costs in the Continental U.S. absorbed if asking price paid.
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