{"id":8753,"date":"2015-04-10T23:38:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T21:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/?page_id=8753"},"modified":"2021-06-23T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T14:17:27","slug":"the-conductor-phono-stage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/the-conductor-phono-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"JRDG Company Special &#8211; The Conductor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Conductor is available since November 2018<br \/>\nIts matching Power Supply is still being developed<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Retail Prices in the Netherlands (including 21% VAT):<br \/>\nConductor &#8211; 12.500 euro<br \/>\nExtra MM\/MC Modules: 2.175 euro per module<br \/>\nAmorphous transformers: 1.000 euro per module<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1_550pix-550x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1_550pix.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1_550pix-150x42.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1_550pix-380x107.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14805\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1-2_550pix-550x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1-2_550pix.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1-2_550pix-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1-2_550pix-380x152.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new phono stage is the same size as the Model 535 amp and is highly configurable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1-3_550pix-550x354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1-3_550pix.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1-3_550pix-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The-Conductor-pdf-grab1-3_550pix-380x245.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Conductor can be ordered with only one input if desired and be upgraded at any time, with one to three additional inputs, allowing the user to run up to 4 different cartridges by simply changing the input button. The fully-equipped Conductor Phono Stage will have Four independent inputs, three MC or low output MC inputs and one MM\/high output MC input. Also available is an option to use Amorphous transformers instead of the normal ones on the inputs. If upgrading after purchase then this will need to be done at the factory. This is because the boards are soldered internally. Connectors would have been more upgrade-friendly but Jeff has chosen to solder the connections because that leads to better results.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rowland_Conductor_Rear_550pix-550x117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rowland_Conductor_Rear_550pix.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rowland_Conductor_Rear_550pix-150x32.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rowland_Conductor_Rear_550pix-380x81.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The Conductor can be powered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/review\/analog-reviews\/amplifier-reviews\/jeff-rowland-corus-preamplifier-psu-power-storage-unit\/\">PSU<\/a>, or even an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/review\/digital-reviews\/spdif-dac-reviews\/jeff-rowland-aeris-dac-psu\/\">Aeris<\/a> power supply with reduced performance. However, a full width, companion power supply is being designed to power the Conductor which will be less tall than the PSU. The performance of this power supply, while not 100% the level of the PSU, will be better than the stock Aeris supply.<\/p>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Input switching at line voltage, not microvolt cartridge level<\/li>\n<li>4 front panel selectable inputs<\/li>\n<li>Mute<\/li>\n<li>Mono<\/li>\n<li>Left minus right channel for easy cartridge setup<\/li>\n<li>Fully balanced transformer inputs and outputs<\/li>\n<li>Fully balanced internal circuitry<\/li>\n<li>Both XLR and Cinch inputs<\/li>\n<li>Subsonic filter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Specifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Gain: 42dB MM, 52dB High Output MC, 64dB MC, 72dB Low Output MC<\/li>\n<li>Max output level: 16V RMS, balanced outputs<\/li>\n<li>RIAA conformance: +\/- 0.1dB 30hz &#8211; 80kHz<\/li>\n<li>S\/N Ratio:\u00a068 dB, ref. 0.5 mV@1 kHz, unweighted<\/li>\n<li>THD: 0.0005%, 30hz &#8211; 20kHz<\/li>\n<li>CMRR: 110dB, 20hz &#8211; 20kHz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More Jeff Rowland<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/specials\/jeff-rowland-company-special\/\">Jeff Rowland Company Special Main Page<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/specials\/jeff-rowland-company-special\/jeff-rowland-phono-stage\/\">Jeff Rowland Company Special Phono Stages<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conductor is available since November 2018 Its matching Power Supply is still being developed Retail Prices in the Netherlands (including 21% VAT): Conductor &#8211; 12.500 euro Extra MM\/MC Modules: 2.175 euro per module Amorphous transformers: 1.000 euro per module The new phono stage is the same size as the Model 535 amp and is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8753","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8753"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20808,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8753\/revisions\/20808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}