{"id":4134,"date":"2025-06-21T01:14:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T23:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:15:31","slug":"after-phonos-spl-adds-phonos-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/news\/after-phonos-spl-adds-phonos-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"After Phonos, SPL adds Phonos duo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now boasting a wide-ranging catalog, even in the hi-fi department, sometimes with products only slightly modified from those in the pro range (the excellent Phonitor xe headphone amp, for example), German manufacturer SPL has added the Phonos duo to its range of phono preamplifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still obviously in a compact chassis, in this case of the same dimensions as the Phonos, the Phonos duo adds a pair of balanced XLR inputs and outputs in addition to the RCA pairs, the only ones available on the Phonos. Otherwise, it offers the same parameters as its little brother, nut always better. Gain is now selectable as high, mid or low, and ground is now equipped with a small \u201cGround Lift\u201d button that can be used to cancel noise by modifying isolation, in addition to the ground terminal, which is obviously still present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The internal circuitry doesn&#8217;t appear to have undergone any major changes, with RIAA equalization still based on a design created by Douglas Self. As for the power supply, it retains the highly effective proprietary VOLTAiR technology, which converts the internal current to 120 V, at + or &#8211; 60 V. A subsonic filter is activated by a small switch, but this is marked \u201cRumble\u201d rather than \u201cSubsonic\u201d on the Phonos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capacitance options for MM cartridges increase from 3 to 6 on the Phonos duo (from 12 pF to 330 pF), while impedance choices remain at 6 variables, but much lower and therefore more suited to high-end cells. Where the Phonos offers from 100 \u03a9 to 10 k\u03a9 via 4 k\u03a9, the Phonos duo holds steady from 20 \u03a9 to 1 k\u03a9, much more in correlation with cartridges used by XLR connection enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the price, it rises from 1 999 \u20ac for the Phonos to 2 999 \u20ac for the Phonos duo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>20\/06\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Phonos-duo-out-in.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Phonos-duo-out-in.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Phonos-duo-out-in-1280x640.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Phonos-duo-out-in-980x490.jpg 980w, https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Phonos-duo-out-in-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1920px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now boasting a wide-ranging catalog, even in the hi-fi department, sometimes with products only slightly modified from those in the pro range (the excellent Phonitor xe headphone amp, for example), German manufacturer SPL has added the Phonos duo to its range of phono preamplifiers. 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