Description
Canor Asterion V3
The Canor Asterion 3 is a brilliant high-end tube phono pre-amplifier, it’s hand-built in Slovakia to exacting standards. The level of workmanship needs to be seen to be believed and its stunning looks are matched by its warm organic sound.
The Canor Asterion V3 is a tube-based phono preamplifier with both XLR and RCA inputs and support of both MC and MM cartridges.
- Designed for MM and MC cartridges with high variability of resistance and capacitance settings.
- Supports balanced and unbalanced MC cartridge connections.
Carefully selected and matched tubes with exceptional parameters.
Product features
- The Asterion V3 offers exceptional gain control and precise input impedance and capacitance selection for all types of cartridges. This flexibility allows for optimal parameter adjustment, thereby achieving the maximum sonic potential of any turntable system.
- A top-of-the-line Lundahl step-up transformer is used for the MC inputs, ensuring natural signal amplification with minimal noise.
- The RIIA correction curve is made up exclusively of passive corrections containing high-quality polystyrene and polypropylene capacitors.
- The device supports the simultaneous connection of two cartridges—one MM and one MC—allowing you to switch between them seamlessly.
- The versatile remote control allows you to control all key preamplifier functions directly from the listening position.
- The touch screen integrated in the control panel allows easy and intuitive access to all device functions and settings.
- The massive control knob uses a pair of precision bearings for smooth operation.
- The device combines high-quality materials, aluminium and steel.
Technical Specifications:
| Gain | MM 46 dB MC 70 dB |
| Input impedance MC | 10, 20, 40, 80, 150, 300, 600, 1200 Ω |
| Input capacitance MM | 50, 150, 270, 370, 520, 620, 740, 840 pF |
| Output impedance | < 500 Ω |
| Inputs | 2 RCA pairs, 1 XLR pair |
| Output | 1 RCA pair |
| Total harmonic distortion (MM, MC) | < 0.2 % / 1 Vrms |
| Subsonic filter | 18 dB / Octave |
| RIAA accuracy (MM, MC) | +- 0.3 dB / 20 – 20 000 Hz |
| Signal-to-noise ratio MM | > 71 dBV (86 dBV – IEC – A) |
| Signal-to-noise ratio MC | > 68 dBV (82 dBV – IEC – A) |
| Tube Complement | 2 x ECC83S, 2 x ECC81 |
| Power | 230 V / 50 – 60 Hz / 40 VA |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 435 x 122 x 370 mm |
| Dimensions (W x H x D with knob & connectors) | 435 x 122 x 415 mm |
| Weight (Net) | 12 kg |
| Weight (Gross) | 17 kg |
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