Chord Company PhonoARAY Turntable Earthing System

PhonoARAY Turntable Earthing System, by The Chord Company.

The PhonoARAY is an advanced standalone filtering solution. The system allows turntable users to earth / ground their devices to the phono stage, or the phono input on amplifiers, providing maximum protection for the highly sensitive signal.

PhonoARAY benefits from a hand-wound, ultra-high-current series filter joining both terminals, plus a complex proprietary ARAY system, connected in parallel.

This creates a double ‘virtual earth system’ for both the turntable and phono stage, shielding the sensitive signals from external interference with great effectiveness. The result is a cleaner and more detailed sound reproduction.

Connections are via two high-quality 4 mm speaker-style terminals, accepting 4 mm banana and spade connections. The PhonoARAY then connects the earth terminal of the turntable (or tonearm) to the earth terminal of the phono stage (or amplifier phono input) using a dedicated high-quality 50 cm screened earth cable (4 mm banana connector to spade connector).

It can be used in a variety of turntable configurations, including turntables with or without built-in phono stages. In systems with external phono stages, a second PhonoARAY can also be added, additionally connecting the phono stage earth to the amplifier earth.

The PhonoARAY benefits from a thick-walled enclosure machined from solid aluminium billet, providing excellent electrical and acoustic isolation. Additionally, resin filling within the enclosure further reduces microphony, while lightweight, decoupled isolation feet minimise vibrations.

Features

• Minimises electromagnetic interference affecting turntable performance
• Series and parallel operation maximises signal integrity
• Hand-wound, ultra-high-current series filter and proprietary ARAY system
• Double ‘virtual earth system’ for turntable and phono stage
• Supplied with a high-quality 50 cm screened earth cable
• Machined aluminium billet enclosure with resin filling
• Decoupled isolation feet

Included

• 1 x Chord Company PhonoARAY
• 1 x Screened Earth Cable (50 cm length, 4 mm Banana Plug to Spade Connector)
• 1 x Documentation

More Information

• PhonoARAY, by The Chord Company