Item: Phase Tech EPA-007 Headphone Amplifier. 100 volts.
Location: Guildford West 2161
Price: $850 inclusive of postage
Item Condition: As new
Reason for selling: No longer used
Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only, Bank Transfer
Extra Info: I bought this new from Japan about 3 years ago, Phase Tech is now branded as Phasemation. It is a 100 volt model so I'm supplying the step down transformer i used with it so it can happily work on our voltage. Phase Tech/Phasemation is a boutique Japanese brand that build superlative hi-fi with perfect, solid build quality. I have 2 of their phono stages and have used 4 of their cartridges, my current one being their stunning PP-1000.
This headphone amp is very versatile with settings for gain, impedance and also damping. The damping setting in particular I found great to use as it would really open up and flesh out a highly compressed recording. Got to be honest, the impedance setting didn't seem to be noticeable but that might be the way it works with my Beyer T1s. Always more than enough gain with those.
Over the last year I've found I've stopped listening to headphones apart from monitoring tape recordings and listen almost exclusively through loudspeakers. The headphone output on my Marantz PM11 S2 is more than good enough for the way I use it now so this is up for sale.
Pick up is fine or I'm happy to post as I have the original packaging. The manual is in Japanese but it's straightforward to use.
Review here, surprisingly less verbose and almost readable compared to the usual 6moons guff.
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/phasemation/1.html
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