19.03.2025 05:33 | ~1 minute read
The full premiere of the Ypsilon Electronics PST 100 Anniversary Edition preamplifier will take place at Audio Show Deluxe on March 22-23, 2025, Whittlebury Park Melbourne room, at which time the full technical specifications of the device will be available. But the curtain of secrecy has already been lifted - so, the new preamplifier, released for the 30th anniversary of the company, is a further development of the SE model.
Ypsilon Electronics PST 100 Anniversary Edition preamplifier is now equipped with new transformer attenuators are made with custom nanocrystalline core material. New circuitry "ultra pure topology" in the active gain stage using silver wound nanocrystalline transformers at input and output.
No capacitors are used in the signal path (only high quality film capacitors are present in the power supply with a double C-core amorphous choke filter). All internal wiring is made of pure silver wire, and the tube set has remained unchanged (C3m).
The appearance of the Ypsilon Electronics PST 100 Anniversary Edition preamplifier has also changed slightly compared to its predecessor – the display has become more informative.
This product is in the Hi-Fi and High End Electronics and Acoustics database
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PST 100 Anniversary Edition
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