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Primare R15 – MM/MC phono preamplifier
Primare R15 is a award winning compact MM/MC phono preamplifier, providing the ideal interface between the low-level output of a moving magnet or moving coil phono cartridge and the line-level inputs of your hi-fi system.
Description
The Primare R15 is an exceptional MM/MC (Moving Magnet/Moving Coil) phono preamplifier designed to bring high-quality analog audio performance to your vinyl listening experience. It offers many of the premium features found in Primare’s flagship models but in a more compact and accessible form, making it ideal for both newcomers to vinyl and seasoned audiophiles looking for a high-performance, yet affordable, phono stage.
Key Features:
- Versatile Compatibility with MM and MC Cartridges:
- Supports Both MM and MC Cartridges:
- The R15 is designed to work with a wide variety of turntables and cartridges, offering compatibility with both MM and MC cartridges. This ensures that you can pair it with different turntables or upgrade your cartridge without needing a new preamplifier.
- Adjustable Gain and Loading Settings:
- The R15 provides adjustable gain and loading options, allowing you to fine-tune the preamplifier to match your specific cartridge requirements. This customization helps achieve the best possible sound quality from your vinyl records.
- Supports Both MM and MC Cartridges:
- High-Quality Circuitry and Components:
- Discrete Circuit Design:
- The R15 uses a fully discrete circuit design, minimizing signal interference and preserving the purity of the audio signal. This results in a more accurate and detailed sound reproduction, capturing the nuances of your vinyl collection.
- Low Noise and High Headroom:
- With low-noise components and a high signal-to-noise ratio, the R15 ensures that your vinyl playback is clear, dynamic, and free from unwanted noise, providing an immersive listening experience.
- Discrete Circuit Design:
- External Toroidal Transformer Power Supply:
- Stable and Clean Power Delivery:
- The R15 is equipped with a high-quality toroidal transformer, which supplies stable and clean power to the internal circuits. This design helps reduce noise and interference, ensuring that the audio signal remains pure and unaltered.
- Efficient Power Isolation:
- The transformer is carefully isolated from the audio circuitry, preventing unwanted electrical interference and contributing to the overall clarity of the sound.
- Stable and Clean Power Delivery:
- Versatile Connectivity:
- RCA Inputs and Outputs:
- The R15 offers RCA inputs for connecting your turntable and RCA outputs for connecting to your amplifier or powered speakers, making it easy to integrate into a wide variety of audio systems.
- Grounding Terminal:
- Equipped with a grounding terminal to eliminate hum and ground loops, ensuring a clean and interference-free connection with your turntable.
- RCA Inputs and Outputs:
- Elegant and Compact Scandinavian Design:
- Minimalist Aesthetics:
- The R15 features Primare’s signature minimalist design, with a sleek aluminum chassis that not only looks stylish but also helps with heat dissipation and shielding against electromagnetic interference.
- Compact Footprint:
- Its compact size makes the R15 easy to place in any audio setup, whether in a dedicated listening room or a more space-constrained environment.
- Minimalist Aesthetics:
Applications:
- Vinyl Playback Enhancement: The R15 is designed to bring out the best in your vinyl collection, providing clear, detailed, and dynamic sound reproduction for both MM and MC cartridges.
- Perfect for Upgrading: Ideal for audiophiles looking to upgrade from a basic built-in phono stage to a dedicated, high-quality phono preamplifier that delivers a noticeable improvement in sound quality.
- Integration with Various Systems: The versatile connectivity options make it easy to integrate the R15 into existing audio systems, whether you have a traditional hi-fi setup or a more modern amplifier.
Benefits:
- High-Quality Sound: The discrete circuit design, high-quality components, and low-noise operation ensure that your vinyl records are reproduced with exceptional clarity, depth, and detail.
- Flexibility and Compatibility: The adjustable gain and loading settings, combined with support for both MM and MC cartridges, provide versatility and make the R15 suitable for a wide range of turntables and cartridges.
- Elegant and Durable Design: The compact and minimalist design not only looks great but also ensures that the R15 will be a long-lasting addition to your audio setup.
The Primare R15 MM/MC phono preamplifier offers outstanding performance, flexibility, and sound quality in a compact and elegant package. Its ability to handle both MM and MC cartridges, combined with adjustable gain and loading settings, makes it an excellent choice for vinyl enthusiasts who want to upgrade their system or seek a high-quality phono stage that can adapt to their needs. With its low-noise design, high-quality components, and minimalist aesthetics, the R15 is an ideal addition to any vinyl playback setup, ensuring you get the most out of your record collection.
EISA PHONO PREAMP 2020-2021 Primare R15
“It’s the ideal interface between a high-quality record player and the line input of your amplifier.”
We are pleased to announce that, for the third year in a row, one of our new models have been honoured with a prestigious EISA award. It is satisfying to note that the EISA Hi-Fi panel not only recognised the R15 MM/MC Phono Preamp for its superior performance, but also acknowledged the flagship R35 on which its circuit design is based, identifying in each Primare’s signature sound as a “mix of weight and substance allied to detail and resolution.”
Primare Primare R15 – MM/MC phono preamplifier Technology
R15 MM/MC phono preamp is designed to amplify with honest fidelity the delicate signal from any cartridge it is paired with.
Although housed in our compact three-quarter sized 15 series cabinetry, the same care and craft that informs the design of the larger and somewhat more capable R35 MM/MC phono preamplifier has informed the design of the R15, allowing all circuits to work sympathetically together for superior sound and greater fidelity. With sufficient gain to amplify the signal from virtually any moving magnet or moving coil phono cartridge, and very flexible input adjustment allows for ideal system matching.
The look and feel of Scandinavia
We believe that every aspect of our products – the way they look, the satisfying feel of the controls – contributes to the overall experience of living with Primare. As a result, Primare products exude the hallmarks of Scandinavian design – simple, elegant designs, with approachable and easy to understand functionality.
An example of this is the standby button discretely placed within the Primare logo on the faceplate of our R15, R35 and A35.2 models – or as we say lagom, not too much not too little, everything in balance, proportion, and harmony.
System Building
With the 15 Series, we offer a carefully considered array of models in order to allow for the best selection to fit any of your system needs. For example, the ultimate 15 Series system might be the DD15 CD transport, SC15 Prisma preamplifier and network player, I15 analog integrated amplifier, and R15 MM/MC phono preamplifier, allowing for the best performance, analog or digital, with the greatest number of connection options. However, there may be no need for additional digital inputs, MC phono preamplification may not be requirement, or simply to address budget or size considerations, a system composed of CD15 Prisma CD and network player with an I15 MM integrated amplifier with MM15 MM phono module installed could be assembled. This compact and reasonably priced system provides multiple analog source playback, including vinyl disc, as well as digital disc, stored or streamed media playback, with remarkable power, control, and connection flexibility.
Specifications
- MM/MC moving magnet and moving coil
- Gain adjustment up to 45db MM and 65db MC
- Load adjustment capacitive and resistance
- RCA 1 x stereo pair input
- RCA 1 x stereo pair output
- Dimensions 350x73x339mm (WHD)
- Weight 6.5 Kg
- Finishes black or titanium
Primare R15 – MM/MC phono preamplifier, HiFi200 Innovation Award Review
Additional information
Finishes | Black, Titanium |
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