Gryphon Legato Legacy SA

22264 €

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Overview

Who would have thought just five or ten years ago that the venerable LP might actually outlive the compact disc? For many audiophiles, despite the massive digital hype of the past three decades, the LP remains by a significant margin the finest high fidelity medium ever offered for home use. Its comprehensive catalogue of titles will never be rivaled by the compact disc, which already appears to be on its way to a carefully orchestrated obsolescence.

In spite of the theoretically perfect measurements of even the most basic digital audio format, we at Gryphon simply hear more music when listening to the LP. This is a good thing, considering that the number of LP’s released during the course of the last half a century will never be matched by the CD in its brief lifespan.

In 1994, Gryphon stunned the audiophile community with the Gryphon Orestes phonostage, the world’s first fully balanced MC preamp. Perhaps equally surprised by the fact that we chose to do it all as by how well it was done, the audio press had only the highest praise and admiration for the Orestes, “Utterly convincing. With a delightful firmness and wonderful resolution, it enhanced the performance of one MC cartridge after another. It offers earth-shaking bass and beguiling, airy highs.” (Audio, Germany).

SPECIFICATIONS

Circuit topology	Fully balanced, dual mono with no op-amps and zero negative feedback
Inputs	MM and MC inputs (selectable)
Input impedance (MC)	Selectable from 10 Ω to 47 kΩ, custom impedance load option
Input impedance (MM)	Selectable via Swiss precision attenuator
Gain (approx.)	+18 dB total (approximate – high-gain phono stage)
RIAA / Frequency response	Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz ±3 dB (RIAA-corrected phono response)
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N)	< 0.005 % (RIAA-corrected)
Output level (balanced)	Up to ~23 V RMS (+29.5 dBu) – balanced XLR
Output level (single-ended)	Up to ~11.5 V RMS (+23.5 dBu) – RCA
Signal-to-Noise (MM)	~86 dB unweighted (10 mV) / ~90 dB A-weighted
Signal-to-Noise (MC)	~70 dB unweighted (0.5 mV) / ~74 dB A-weighted
Output impedance	~50 Ω
Channel separation	Very high (effectively infinite)
Power supply	External dual mono power supplies with custom C-core transformers
Construction	Fully discrete Class-A signal path · DC coupling · no internal wiring · mil-spec sealed PCBs
Connectors	Premium Swiss XLR balanced in/out · premium RCA out
Special features	Selectable gain · adjustable impedance loading · extremely low noise · premium components
Dimensions (W×H×D)	~480 × 130 × 380 mm
Net weight	~11 kg