Our Range of Preamplifiers

Vacuum State offers you 3 different preamplifiers: Our JLTi PhonoPre Phonostage, then our SVP-2 in the middle of our range - which just got a rave review by Roy Gregory in the recent HiFi magazine, and then of course also our absolute state of the art RTP3D preamp.

JLTi PhonoPre Phonostage

The JLTi PhonoPre is a solid state phonostage that offers superb sound quality at a modest price. Built in Switzerland to Vacuum State standards our Southern Californian dealer claims it sound better than anything under USD 3000. He also states that in "shoot-out" it bested 3 phono stages over USD 3500 up to USD 5000. Further he only knows of two phono stages under USD 5000 that he would pick over it (or over it with upgraded PS) so far, one at USD 3650 and the other at USD 4000. Our phonostage sells for less than half that! Read more about it on our Reviews page. For further information or order, please email us info@vacuumstate.com

SVP-2 Preamplifier

· A sonically absolute state of the art unbalanced full preamp, in an elegantly   minimalistic chassis · Utilising a hybrid (tube & jfet) MC & MM phono section, and an all tube line section · Zero negative feedback in both phono & line sections · Two stage passive RIAAequalization in the phono section · Extremely low output impedance (~100 ohms) and high current drive (~10mA)    for a tube preamp · Exceedingly wide bandwidth: 5Hz to 500kHz minimum · State of the art low noise levels · Extremely accurate RIAA equalization, and channel matching · Extremely accurate matching of channel to channel phono RIAA equalization for superior stereo imaging · Externally adjustable phono section gain (two positions) to match low or high output MC/MM cartridges · Externally adjustable cartridge loading by extra RCA plugs containing the desired resistance · Externally adjustable line section gain (two positions) to better match the SVP-2 to the remainder of your system · Signal path components choosen for their extreme sonic and engineering competence · Hand built in Switzerland after 30 years of intensive listening oriented design & development Download the PDF Brochure (2MB)

The Full Featured Realtime RTP3D Preamp

The RTP3D is the result of 25 years of ongoing development based on unique circuit concepts borrowed from the instrumentation world. But as we would never consider it can’t be improved in the future, it’s been constructed to be easy to upgrade if revisions are found that improve the sonics. *Complete with Di