VTL TP-6.5 Signature Series

PRICE $13,999.00

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TP6.5 Signature Phono Preamplifier

The new TP-6.5 Signature Phono Stage is designed to complement and match the TL-6.5 and TL7.5 Linestage Preamplifiers in sonic performance, user interface and cosmetics. Our goal is to challenge the current state of the art and develop a standalone MC step up to complement the top VTL linestage preamplifiers, the TL7.5 Series II and TL-6.5, and provide a reference phono step up.

The new TP-6.5 will appeal to VTL’s core users who have been waiting patiently for a matching phono stage for their VTL linestages. The new phono stage employs hybrid JFET/tube circuitry for quiet operation, multiple low-noise cascaded regulators and shielded power supplies for dynamics, accurate 4-corner passive RIAA equalization and 68dB of gain from the balanced outputs, all in a single chassis unit. All of the required user settings are offered, both via front panel and remote control.

The new design yields a wide and deep soundstage, realistic image proportions, and startling dynamic range and speed, with massive headroom capability and low noise. With the final voicing complete there is even more refinement and nuance, with a delicacy that is especially noticeable in the way the sustain and decay of instruments are captured, and yet at the same time it retains the classic VTL characteristic of solid, controlled bass.

• Full front panel functionality:

• Input select

• MC Gain adjust: 5 steps of 6dB: 44dB, 50dB, 56dB, 62dB, 68dB

• Load setting: MC: 100, 250, 470, 1K, 2.5K, 4.7K, 47K and User Defined, and MM – 10k, 22k, 47k and User Defined.

• Mono switch

• Phase flip, absolute, and channel to channel

• RIAA select, for Enhanced RIAA and Rumble cut

• Mute

• Remote controllable Power, Input select, Mute, Phase reverse, Rumble cut, Mono, Gain, Cartridge Load

• 2 single ended inputs, with discrete load settings for each input

• Single-ended and Balanced outputs, with 68dB total gain balanced

• Active Hybrid low noise J-FET driving high current 12AU7 mc gain stage for highest resolution of small signal levels

• All high fidelity tubes: 12AU7, 12AX7, 12AT7, all operating in linear range

• Accurate 4-corner passive RIAA filter, with split pole for greater accuracy

• Zero loop feedback

• Gain trims for accurate channel to channel balance

• Signature and Reference-level coupling capacitors

• Shock mounted gain stages for resistance to vibration interference

• Extensive RF filtering on AC path

• Switchable RF filtering on both inputs.

• Low radiation UI core power transformers, with dual mono supplies, and separate logic supply

• Dual mono multiple cascaded precision-regulated and shielded power supplies for low noise, with film bypass for high frequency performance

• Transformer option for MC step up

• Quiet sleep mode on processor when not in use

• Quiet 7-segment LED display on the front panel (for gain and load display)

• Rigid braced steel and aluminum chassis for EMI, RF, and hum shielding with minimal interference from vibration

• All noisy components steel shielded for low RF and hum radiation.

• Additional steel shielding on amplifier section for lowest noise

• Matching cosmetics to the TL6.5 and TL-7.5 Linestage Preamplifiers