Introduced in November 2000

The PV10B (with phono stage) and PV10BL (line-stage only) offered refinements to the circuitry of the PV10A. Improvements included incorporating the line stage circuit of the PV12A that eliminated local feedback from the voltage gain stage. The PV10B also featured addition of "bypass" capacitors in parallel with critical power supply and audio circuit capacitors, and upgrading several resistors in the power supplies. Both the phono and line stages continued to be zero feedback design. The phono section uses two triode amplifiers separated by a passive RIAA equalization network.

Features:

Inputs/Outputs - Phono, Tuner, CD, Video, and Auxiliary inputs plus one Tape input with monitor and recording facilities. One Main output.

Controls: Selector, Source/Monitor, Volume, & Power.

Auto-muting is provided to suppress warm-up transients.

PV10B
V1 & V2: 12AX7
V3 12AT7
V4 & V5: 6189
Replacement Tube Set RT10B

PV10BL
V1 & V2: unused
V3: unused
V4 & V5: 6189
Replacement Tube Set RT10BL

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Specifications:

Gain: Phono Stage 48.5 dB (phono overload 125 mV at 1kHz)
Distortion: less than .1% THD or IMD
Response: bandpass 2Hz to more than 100kHz
RIAA equalization +/- .25 dB (20 to 20 kHz)
S/N Ratio: Phono Stage 75 dB below 10 mv input
Line Stage 92 dB below 2.5 volt output
Phase Response: Line Stage — phase inverting, Phono Stage — phase correct
Mechanical: 16" X 3 " x 11"