Chord Company’s PhonoARAY Promises Instant Turntable Upgrade
PhonoARAY is Chord Company's high-performance earthing system upgrade for turntables and more.
PhonoARAY has been designed by British cable and power specialist Chord Company to perform as a high-performance earthing system for turntables and other sensitive audio devices.
We're told that PhonoARAY is an advanced standalone filtering solution that allows vinylistas to earth/ground their devices to the phono stage or the phono input on amplifiers, providing maximum protection for the highly sensitive signal.
The PhonoARAY benefits from a hand-wound, ultra-high-current series filter joining both terminals, plus a complex proprietary ARAY system, connected in parallel, creating a double 'virtual earth system' for both the turntable and phono stage. Chord Company states that this combination effectively shields sensitive signals from external interference, resulting in cleaner and more detailed sound reproduction.
Connectivity comes in the form of two high-quality 4 mm speaker-style terminals, accepting 4 mm banana and spade connections. The PhonoARAY then connects the earth terminal of the turntable (or tonearm) to the earth terminal of the phono stage (or amplifier phono input) using a dedicated high-quality 50 cm screened earth cable (4 mm connector to spade connector).
You can use PhonoARAY in various turntable configurations, including decks with or without built-in phono stages. A second PhonoARAY can also be added in systems with external phono stages, connecting the phono stage earth to the amplifier earth (as above).
The PhonoARAY benefits from a thick-walled enclosure machined from a solid aluminium billet, which provides excellent electrical and acoustic isolation. The resin-filled enclosure also reduces microphony, while lightweight, decoupled isolation feet minimise vibrations.
The Chord Company PhonoARAY is available now, priced at £1,000.
Visit Chord Company for more information
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