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Musical Fidelity V90-LPS

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V90-LPS - Phono Stage

The M3x Vinyl is a fully discrete phono stage - Made in the EU.

The V90-LPS is a modestly priced, very high performance MM/MC phono stage with superb technical performance.

In our opinion, there are five critical areas where a phono stage must achieve excellence:

  1. RIAA correction
  2. Correction above 20 kHz
  3. Low distortion \
  4. Low noise
  5. Good overload margin

The V90-LPS has extremely accurate RIAA correction and that extends up to 80 kHz and beyond. That may sound extreme, but there is a good deal of information above 20 kHz that needs correction. If it isn’t corrected, it will show itself as ringing and overshoot. 

The V90-LPS’s distortion is very low. Noise ratio is extremely low and all but inaudible. 

Overload margin is easily adequate for any current cartridge. 

All in all, the V90-LPS accomplishes everything necessary for a phono stage. 

There are many phono stages that are far more expensive and make extraordinary claims for their performance. In contrast, the modest V90-LPS just gets on with the job of doing everything you could reasonably expect from a phono stage. 

If you want top notch performance, and don’t care about the alleged conferred status of buying a high-priced product that offers no better performance than the V90-LPS, then we are of a like mind. 

 

 


V90-LPS In Brief 

  • Switchable MM / MC input
  • Extremely accurate RIAA extending out to at least 60kHz
  • Very low noise (virtually inaudible)
  • Very low distortion
  • Excellent overload margin
  • Excellent channel separation
  • Beautiful, considered build quality

 

 

 

 

REVIEW & AWARDS

Hi-Fi-Choice 10/13

"A very impressive little product at the price, then"

 

 

 

 

LowBeats 01/16

"A device with all-round features that sound balanced and highly decent - excellent"

 

 

 

Mint 08/17

"Increased dynamics, a silky, balanced high-pitched range and a clean, wide-ranging image"

 

Stereo 12/13

"Dynamics, tonality, playfulness? Yes!"

 

AUDIO 01/14

"Small but powerful" - Stefan Schickedanz

 

 

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Performance 
  • Input impedance: 47kOhm (MM), 100Ohm (MC)
  • Input capacitance: 100pf (MM)
  • Input sensitivity: 3.0mV (MM), 400μV (MC) - for 300mV out
  • Total harmonic distortion: 0.01% (MM/MC) - @ 1kHz, 300mV out
  • Frequency Response: +0, –0.1dB, 20Hz to 20 kHz
  • Signal / Noise ratio (A weighted): >80dB (MM), >70dB (MC)
  • Input overload margin: 15dB (MM), 22dB (MC)
  • RIAA response: +/- 0.25dB 
Outputs
  • 1 pair RCA sockets 
Inputs
  • MM: 1 pair RCA sockets
  • MC: 1 pair RCA sockets 
General 
  • Dimensions - WxHxD (mm): 170 x 47 x 102
  • Weight (unpacked / packed): 600g / 1.1 kg
  • Supplied Accessories
  • 1x 12v 500mA DC power supply