- hi-fidelity preamp for the most demanding critical music listener
- replaces your mcIntosh MX4000 and MX5000 preamp stage source unit
The Renovatio P-1 was designed to bring music lovers years of trouble free musical enjoyment at a real world price point. The Renovatio P-1 is handbuilt by Audio Creations and provides high bandwidth, low distortion and musicality.
Here are some of the highlights that our P-1 dual mono linestage offers:
1. our power supply is a dual mono using premium Elna Capacitors with audiophile grade Blackgates NX-HiQ as decoupling caps
2. the analog board is a dual mono linestage with very low natural distortion
3. Vcap TFTF Tin Foil, Teflon Film Audio capacitors 600V DC are used as high end powersupply rail decoupling.
3. fully discrete linestage for natural sounding character
4. DACT volume attenuator. The series resistor networks consist of 23 non-inductive, low noise, SMD metal film resistors. The layout of the PC board and the choice of SMD resistors have reduced the signal path to a minimum length. conventional attenuators using carbon pots have no match with this. The PCB design combined with the special resistors also account for the very low series inductance and the very low stray capacitance. The result is a bandwidth beyond even the most demanding audiophiles requirements. this is the ultimate solution…
6. comes with DACT stainless knob for volume control. these knob is made of “Audio Grade” materials. In terms of components that are not used directly in the signal path, but relatively close to the audio signals, Audio Grade materials mean:
* Non-magnetic.
* No non-linear dielectric loss (like for instance that of certain plastics).
The DACT CT knobs were designed with the right “feel” . as good as any home hifi preamp knobs feel. never before in car audio industry uses knob like this!!.. Therefore, of course, low cost plastic knobs were out of the question from the beginning. There is no way that a lightweight plastic knob can match the delicate mechanism of our switches.
5. JFET low distortion transistor is used throughout the analog stage
6. Signal path is connected via Mundorf Silver Gold 14awg wire and has been kept to a minimun length for low signal loss.
7. all premium caps using Vcap, Blackgates
8. High quality, very close tolerance precision 1% non-magnetic resistors and audiophile grade carbon resistors are used throughout the analog circuitry for an articulate presentation with unsurpassed extension, air and detail at the frequency extremes.
