C-2900

The C-2900 sits directly below Accuphase's statement preamplifier and inherits a great deal from it. Its Balanced AAVA system develops the company's original AAVA volume control into a fully balanced implementation, adjusting level without a single variable resistor in the signal path. The result is a preamplifier quiet enough that delicate, low-level musical information survives intact all the way to the power amplifier.

Key features

• Balanced AAVA volume control
• Logic-controlled relays for signal switching assure high sound quality and long-term reliability
• Printed circuit boards for signal transmission use glass cloth fluorocarbon resin with low dielectric constant and minimum loss along with gold-plating on copper foil surfaces
• Power supply circuits with separate toroidal transformers and filtering capacitors (10,000 μF × 4 pcs) for the left and right
• Newly developed volume sensor construction for a quiet and smooth operation feel
• Versatile arrangement of inputs and outputs (five line level inputs, two balanced inputs, two line level outputs, and two balanced outputs)
• Line level input and output connectors for a recorder
• Line level and balanced EXT PRE inputs for connection of an external preamplifier
• Individual phase setting for each input
• Switchable overall gain (12 dB / 18 dB / 24 dB)

Supplied with Accuphase's 5-year Australian warranty covering manufacturing faults and labour, valid on units purchased through authorised Australian retailers. Accuphase does not support grey imports, so please confirm the unit was locally imported before purchase or trade-in.