The Michell Audio Apollo Phono Stage powered by Muse is a reference-grade analog preamplifier engineered to extract the finest detail, realism, and musicality from vinyl playback. Designed for serious audiophiles, Apollo employs pure Class A gain stages, hand-matched components, and a carefully tuned passive RIAA equalization circuit to preserve signal integrity with exceptional accuracy and tonal balance. Central to its performance is the external Muse power supply, which isolates the transformer from the audio circuitry while delivering ultra-clean, highly regulated DC power via dual-stage filtration and advanced noise-reduction technology. Apollo’s internal regulation and feedback circuits further refine power delivery, ensuring consistent, low-noise operation across all gain stages. Housed in a precision-machined solid aluminum chassis, Apollo and Muse form a rigid RF-shielded enclosure that minimizes vibration and electromagnetic interference. High-quality silver-plated OFC copper conductors, advanced shielding, and ChorAlloy-plated XLR connectors complete an uncompromising signal path—revealing vinyl with breathtaking clarity, warmth, and dynamic realism.
Michell Audio Apollo Phono Stage Powered by Muse (Black)
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The Michell Audio Apollo Phono Stage powered by Muse is a reference-grade analog preamplifier engineered to extract the finest detail, realism, and musicality from vinyl playback. Designed for serious audiophiles, Apollo employs pure Class A gain stages, hand-matched components, and a carefully tuned passive RIAA equalization circuit to preserve signal integrity with exceptional accuracy and tonal balance. Central to its performance is the external Muse power supply, which isolates the transformer from the audio circuitry while delivering ultra-clean, highly regulated DC power via dual-stage filtration and advanced noise-reduction technology. Apollo’s internal regulation and feedback circuits further refine power delivery, ensuring consistent, low-noise operation across all gain stages. Housed in a precision-machined solid aluminum chassis, Apollo and Muse form a rigid RF-shielded enclosure that minimizes vibration and electromagnetic interference. High-quality silver-plated OFC copper conductors, advanced shielding, and ChorAlloy-plated XLR connectors complete an uncompromising signal path—revealing vinyl with breathtaking clarity, warmth, and dynamic realism.
- Pure Power: APOLLO’s inbuilt power supply circuitry works in harmony with the MUSE power supply to further refine and regulate the DC power. Creating an extremely clean and stable supply for the amplification stages.
- High-Quality Preamplifiers: Borrowing technology typically used in professional microphone amplifiers, the class A preamplifiers ensure precise signal handling.
- Class A Gain Stages: Subsequent amplification stages utilise class A circuits for clean, accurate sound reproduction.
- Hand-matched components: We measure each capacitor to ensure it is within tolerance and only use matched sets within each unit, to achieve precise channel balance.
- Dual Filtration: It works in harmony with APOLLO's internal power supply for superior filtering and regulation.
- Noise Isolation: By housing the transformer separately in MUSE, any noise generation is isolated from the amplification circuits.
- The result is a clean, stable power source that enhances the performance and precision of the amplification stages.
- Solid aluminium construction: Each unit is machined from two solid billets of aluminium and a solid aluminium back plate. These fit together to form a solid barrier (faraday cage) against RF interference.
- Mass & rigidity: The enclosures are heavy for their size and very rigid, this helps isolate the sensitive circuits inside from vibration, therefore enhancing performance.
- Input loading (MM/MC): 47k/33, 100, 430 1000 -ohm (all at 100pF)
- Output level MM: 40dB,
- MM/MC: 50dB,
- MC: 60, 68, 73dB
- Total Harmonic distortion: <0.01%
- S/N>104dB
- RIAA EQ accuracy: 20Hz-20kHz +/- 0.1dB
- Power consumption: 5W
- Dimensions (WHD):4.5x2.3x 11.02 in
- Weight: 6.61lbs (both)
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