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Mola Mola Lupe Phono Stage

Sale price$9,850.00

A vinyl music audiophile would undoubtedly fall in love with the Mola Mola Lupe phono stage for several compelling reasons. First and foremost, the Mola Mola Lupe is a testament to uncompromising craftsmanship and engineering excellence. Designed with meticulous attention to detail, it offers a pristine signal path that ensures the faithful reproduction of every nuance and subtlety present in vinyl records. Its ultra-low-noise design and high-quality components guarantee that the delicate analog signals from your turntable are amplified with unparalleled clarity and accuracy, preserving the warmth and depth that vinyl enthusiasts cherish.

Moreover, the Mola Mola Lupe phono stage incorporates advanced features that cater to the discerning audiophile's needs. Its versatile cartridge loading options, adjustable gain settings, and precise EQ adjustments allow for fine-tuning to match specific vinyl records and cartridges, ensuring an optimal listening experience. Additionally, its elegant and minimalist design not only complements high-end audio setups but also reflects a commitment to purity in signal processing. For vinyl music enthusiasts who demand nothing but the best, the Mola Mola Lupe phono stage represents an exceptional choice, delivering a sonic experience that is both faithful to the source material and deeply satisfying to the audiophile's discerning ear.



MOLA MOLA LUPE




The standalone version of our well-known archival-grade Phono stage features three single-ended inputs and one balanced input. It has a balanced output as well as a single-ended output. The Lupe with its dedicated power supply, k, and the added "subsonic filter" provides the discerning record aficionado with the most accurate set-up for recreating the magic of the turntable as it was intended. The display of the well-known "half-sized chassis" Lupe offers at a glance information on the settings.



What was conceived as a simple RIAA add-on for the Makua Preamplifier (also available in the Kula Integrated amplifier) has quickly spiraled into the quietest and probably most versatile phono stage ever built. MC/MM input stages are optimized for current noise and voltage noise respectively. Unlike the more common arrangement of an MC head amp feeding into the MM stage, the two stages are fully independent, realizing an equally short signal path for both. Input gain is switchable in 5dB steps over a 40dB range. Input resistance and capacitance are individually switchable. Available EQ settings cover practically all known cutting curves including 78 RPM.




Key features



AVAILABLE LOADS


Variable
Depends of "CAR"
In case of MMIn case of MC
"RES"120kΩ
75kΩ
47kΩ
30kΩ
18kΩ1kΩ
650Ω
400Ω
250Ω
150Ω
100Ω
60Ω
"CAP"0pf
50pf
100pf
150pf
220pf
270pf
330pf
380pf
NA

AVAILABLE GAIN

Variable
Depends of "CAR"
In case of MMIn case of MC
GAIN45dB
50dB
52dB
57dB
62dB
67dB
72dB
77dB
82dB
87dB

AVAILABLE TIME CONSTANTS


t1: 200, 250, 318, 400, 450us
t2: 50, 64, 75, 100us
bass shelf: 14, 18, 20dB


PERFORMANCE


Input noise (MC): 0.35nV/rtHz
Input noise (MM): 0.9pA/rtHz
Sensitivity: variable from 30uV to 5mV
THD, IMD: not measurable
RIAA conformance: +/-0.1dB
Subsonic filter -3dB @20Hz





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