From $4,000.00

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Product Description

At heart, the Stereophile Class A Recommended and Editors’ Choice/Product of the Year Award-winning Sutherland Engineering Duo MM/MC phono preamplifier is a cross between the company’s 20/20 and flagship PhonoBlock models. In practice, the two-chassis Duo serves as a knockout analog instrument in its price class – a U.S.A.-made component that borrows much of its design from a $10k cost-no-object product and delivers a level of musicality you will cherish for many years to come, if not forever. Detailed, natural, pure, dimensional, accurate, insightful: A few of the many positive sonic traits that will spring to mind once Duo enters your system and begins to help turn the information embedded in vinyl grooves into reach-out-and-touch-it aural experiences. Duo provides any listener fortunate to own it with superlative performance via perfectionist-minded focus and stunningly quiet operation. It all circles back to founder Ron Sutherland’s emphasis on smart engineering and proven physics.

The Sutherland Engineering Duo’s two-box layout automatically eliminates crosstalk, as each chassis gets its own circuit as well as its own built-in AC power supply and IEC power inlet. The shielded power supply module has one output split into two independently filtered and regulated branches – one for each of the gain stages. There’s also more room for the internal parts, which benefits overall reliability. Each channel also features identical electrical and mechanical environments. Duo mitigates circuit-board dielectric properties in the same fashion as PhonoBlock. At twice the industry standard, each 1/8-inch-thick, double-sided FR-4 fiberglass board provides both needed absorption and extreme rigidity for component mounting. Once again, Sutherland refuses to compromise on any attribute. Just lift the cover and see.

The Sutherland Engineering Duo’s custom-wound 1% polystyrene film capacitors, Wima Polypropylene capacitors, Dale/Vishay 1% metal film resistors, gold-plated Teflon-insulated RCA connectors, and gold-plated configuration headers and shunts speak to the hand-picked quality within each box. Sutherland’s trademark, ultra-clean housing – comprised of a 14-gauge cold-rolled steel base, baked epoxy powder-coat finish, and half-inch-thick anodized aluminum panel – complete a phono preamplifier more than prepared to be your daily (and dynamic) Duo.

Brand

Sutherland Engineering

Sutherland Engineering has been a trusted name in the high-end audio industry since its founding in 1991. Ron Sutherland first co-founded the legendary Martin-Logan with Gayle Sounders, grounded on his love of physics. The goal was to use science to make art come to life. Missing his independence, he turned his focus to a new company aimed at developing a new range of electronics designed to deliver a truly immersive listening experience.  All their products are handcrafted at their United States headquarters with the utmost care and attention to detail. From their flagship phono stage preamplifiers to their digital-to-analog converters, Sutherland Engineering's products bring out the best in your music collection.  Their range of phono stage preamplifiers includes the iconic Duo PhonoBlock models, revered by audiophiles worldwide. These products feature advanced circuitry and components, including high-quality transformers and capacitors, to deliver a transparent and dynamic sound.  Sutherland Engineering also offers a range of power amplifiers and preamplifiers, including the powerful and versatile Preamp N1 and the compact and efficient KC Vibe MK2. These systems deliver clean, detailed sound with plenty of power to drive even the most demanding speakers. As the nationally recognized leader in the field of high-end audio, home theater and home electronics, Overture is proud to carry Sutherland Engineering Phono Preamplifiers. Interested in purchasing a component from Sutherland Engineering? You can trade-in any turntable, speaker, or electronic component toward a Sutherland Engineering component by filling out our Trade-In Form.