Pro-Ject Phono Box S2, MM/MC Phono Stage with audiophile Performance, (Black)

I had been using a cheap preamp for my project evo carbon vinyl player. This came today and I have noticed a significant upgrade in sound quality. Sound has much more depth and really fills the room. Pleased with my purchase.

Straight out the box plug and play, fast and efficient delivery

Need something to go with my new debut carbon evo turntable. This fit the bill in terms of price and performance. Recommended.

This is a well constructed pre amp that does exactly what is advertised. The signal is not distorted or coloured in any way and simple to use. A volume control would be great addition

Sadly it started to develop the same fault as the previous one . Sounded like bubbling and gargling in the background but got worse . This one was sent back as well . Sadly whether justified or not NO..Z .A .M .A get upset when you keep sending faulty stuff back and send you scary emails about doing so . Wonder if anyone else gets them ??

Arrivato ieri e subito installato. Incredibile come questo "oggettino" possa cambiare la tua vita musicale! I miei LP hanno avuto una botta di energia, sono risorti a nuova vita donandomi nuove emozioni. Il confronto tra il pre-phono del mio ampli (Denon PMA 900) e questo "piccolino" è veramente imbarazzante se non addirittura impossibile. Non c'è storia, una volta inserito nella catena dona emozioni nuove e ascolti da paura. Ho provato a far suonare i miei LP sia con la mia testina mm (Nagaoka mp 200) sia con una testina mc prestatami da un amico (Denon dl 103r) ed i risultati sono similmente eccezionali. Sono anche spariti i rumbe ed i bzzz che, prima, si innescavano all'alzare del volume. Veramente incredibile! Pro-ject ha creato in "mostro" che regala Musica (con la M maiuscola) a tutto tondo senza se e senza ma. Sicuramente ci saranno pre-phono migliori di questo ma a prezzi molto meno accessibili. E questo Phono Box S2 è praticamente irraggiungibile nel rapporto qualità/prezzo. E naturalmente grazie ad Amazon che con la sua politica sui resi mi ha permesso di provarne alcuni altri prima di approdare a questo piccolo "gioiellino". Se amate la musica: SUPERSTRACONSIGLIATO!

sehr gute Ausstattung,sehr guter Klang

J'ai acheté ce preampli car le son de mes vinyles me semblait faiblard sur mon installation (ampli Sony STR DH190 et platine Audio Technica AT-LP60XUSB),quel changement une fois le preampli mis en service,je ne suis pas audiophilie ni spécialiste, mais je suis pleinement satisfait de cet achat !!!

I did allot of research on the top preamps for under $200. The choices were between The Pro-ject Phono Box S2, the Schiit Mani and the ifi Zen preamp. Two things that really set the Pro-ject apart from the other two are: the Pro-ject has an on/off switch on the front of it. You may feel this is no big deal, you can just plug it into the "switched" outlet of the amplifier. The problem with that is whenever you turn the amp on, if you don't turn the volume down, they'll be a huge pop threw your speakers that can ruin them. The second, and bigger reason, the Pro-ject you can adjust the capacitance load out of your preamp. The other two have a set capacitance load of around 100pF. This made a huge difference for me in the sound output to my speakers. I'm using an old school Shure m97xE cartridge because it's a great cart for rock and roll but has a slightly rolled off high end. So I swapped the stylus out for a LP Gear vivid line stylus which brightened the high end up too much with my preamp that had a capacitance out of 100pF. With the Pro-ject, I can set the capacitance load to 200pF and WOW, what a difference. The sound was no longer overly bright and the bass now had a punch to it that was perfect for my rock albums. The gain is also much more in line with what my setup needed. I tried the 40db setting at first and found that even too low. So I changed it to the 43db gain and was much more in line with the other components in my system. A gain of 36db would be much too low for what I needed. This is what steered me away from the iFi Zen preamp. I had no problem at all understanding the instructions on how to set the dip switches. There are two banks of switches that need to be set the same. One for the left channel and one for the right. I have them set @ 47Kohms, 43db, 200pF. Another thing I really noticed about this preamp was the stereo separation was much better than my old preamp. Probably because this amp uses two separate mono circuits to keep the sound separated. The amp is also dead quite with not the littlest bit of noise or hum that I can hear. The enclosure seems to work perfectly. Even when turned up loud this amp is dead quit.

Un bon petit pré-ampli phono. Je suis assez surpris de sa qualité et il s'adapte assez facilement à de nombreuses cellules. Son niveau de sortie est assez élevé, ce qui lui permet de s'associer à des cellules à niveau de sortie relativement faible tout en conservant une bonne dynamique. Coté sonorité, il ne donne pas de dominantes particulières. Aucun bruit de fond. Le vrai plus est l'adaptation du niveau de sortie par jumper et de la capacité assez rare dans cette gamme de prix ce qui le rend très polyvalent avec de nombreuses cellules. Satisfait de mon achat et de sa sonorité. Venant d'un Cambridge Audio, marque pourtant plutôt réputée, je le trouve meilleur, plus dynamique et plus polyvalent.