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<p><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-9818" href="http://www.tonepublications.com/review/simaudio-moon-310lp-phono-preamplifier-and-320s-power-supply/attachment/olympus-digital-camera-127/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-9818" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://www.tonepublications.com/media/front-pair-edit.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="460" /></a>Since even the very best hi-fi systems rarely sound like real live music, the first question one might ask about the sound of any component immediately becomes: What does it add and what does it take away from the music?</strong></p>
<p>Creating the perfect recreation of live music in the home may have yet to happen, but it’s not totally the fault of the hi-fi. Few recordings are made with the intention of capturing reality; artists, producers, and engineers are usually searching for the sound they think best suits the music. And since music is recorded in an endless variety of venues and recording chains, it’s no wonder that recordings all sound very different from each other.</p>
<p>That said, my favorite systems are those that reveal such differences between recordings every time you change a disc. The less a system adds or subtracts from the sound, the easier it is to really hear what’s going on in the recording. By this standard, Simaudio’s MOON 310LP phono preamp is a winner.</p>
<p><strong>Surprises on the Inside</strong></p>
<p>The MOON 310LP replaces Simaudio’s MOON LP5.3 phono preamp. The new model isn’t a radical rethink of the previous design, but it combines superior parts and a refined circuit to achieve better performance. And for those that invest for the long haul,the MOON 310LP comes with a 10-year warranty.</p>
<p>Taking off the easily removable case cover reveals the MM and MC settings. MC gain has three options: 54, 60,and 66db through RCA outputs, with an additional 6db available through XLR outputs.* Five impedance settings (10, 100, 470, 1K, and 47k
[Source: http://www.tonepublications.com/review/simaudio-moon-310lp-phono-preamplifier-and-320s-power-supply/]
<p>Creating the perfect recreation of live music in the home may have yet to happen, but it’s not totally the fault of the hi-fi. Few recordings are made with the intention of capturing reality; artists, producers, and engineers are usually searching for the sound they think best suits the music. And since music is recorded in an endless variety of venues and recording chains, it’s no wonder that recordings all sound very different from each other.</p>
<p>That said, my favorite systems are those that reveal such differences between recordings every time you change a disc. The less a system adds or subtracts from the sound, the easier it is to really hear what’s going on in the recording. By this standard, Simaudio’s MOON 310LP phono preamp is a winner.</p>
<p><strong>Surprises on the Inside</strong></p>
<p>The MOON 310LP replaces Simaudio’s MOON LP5.3 phono preamp. The new model isn’t a radical rethink of the previous design, but it combines superior parts and a refined circuit to achieve better performance. And for those that invest for the long haul,the MOON 310LP comes with a 10-year warranty.</p>
<p>Taking off the easily removable case cover reveals the MM and MC settings. MC gain has three options: 54, 60,and 66db through RCA outputs, with an additional 6db available through XLR outputs.* Five impedance settings (10, 100, 470, 1K, and 47k
[Source: http://www.tonepublications.com/review/simaudio-moon-310lp-phono-preamplifier-and-320s-power-supply/]