♥️ Lehmannaudio Decade 🎶 phono stage

Lehmannaudio Decade – For the audiophile who wants their signal path as clean as their vinyl shelves are dusty.

🔍 What is it?
The Decade is a German-engineered phono preamp that stares directly into your soul and judges your cartridge choices. It’s like a Swiss army knife for analog signals—if the knife were hand-tuned by monks in lab coats and blessed by the ghost of Beethoven.

📊 Specs Breakdown (because numbers are the love language of audiophiles)

• 🎧 Sensitivity (for 775 mV @ 0 dB):

  • MM: 3.8 mV @ 1 kHz

  • MC: 0.38 mV @ 1 kHz

• 📈 Gain Options @ 1 kHz:

  • 36 dB, 46 dB, 56 dB, 66 dB

  • MM fixed gain: 46 dB

  • MC fixed gain: 66 dB
    (Translation: it’s louder than your dad yelling at you to stop spending money on audio gear.)

• 🚪 Max Input Level:

  • MM: 45 mV

  • MC: 4.5 mV
    (In case your cartridge is secretly a firehose.)

• 🤫 Signal-to-Noise Ratio (RMS, unweighted):

  • MM: 78 dB

  • MC: 69 dB
    (Whisper-level quiet. Perfect for midnight jazz and existential dread.)

• 🎚️ Input Impedance Options:

  • 47kΩ, 1kΩ, 100Ω + 1x custom load
    (Because you are unique. And so is your cartridge.)

• 📦 Output Impedance:

  • 5 ohms
    (Basically a suggestion, not resistance.)

• ⚡ Input Capacitance:

  • 47 pF to 1,370 pF
    (Slide that dial and pretend you're doing science.)

• 🧼 Channel Separation:

  • 80 dB @ 10 kHz
    (More separation than your ex’s feelings.)

• 📐 Bass Filter:

  • 50 Hz, 6 dB/octave
    (Because your turntable doesn’t need to dance too.)

• 🔌 Power Consumption:

  • ~13 VA
    (Basically an energy-sipping genius.)

• 📏 Dimensions (W x D x H):

  • Audio section: 110 x 280 x 50 mm

  • PWX II power supply: same size, different responsibilities

• ⚖️ Weight:

  • Audio: 0.87 kg

  • PSU: 1.56 kg
    (Heavy enough to feel serious. Light enough to avoid a hernia.)

💬 Final Thought
The Lehmannaudio Decade doesn’t just amplify sound—it whispers elegance into every groove. If your vinyl ritual includes white gloves and quiet awe, this is your sacred relic.

Now go. Rinse your stylus. Apologize to your credit card.