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While the Plinius 14 has both low- and high-gain settings, the low-gain setting is really too high for most moving-magnet cartridges, and appears instead designed for medium-gain moving-coils. Unless otherwise noted, the results are for the high-gain setting with unbalanced outputs.

The Plinius 14's output impedance was 170 ohms (right channel; slightly lower, at 163 ohms, in the left). At its balanced outputs, the output impedance measured 354 ohms. Its input impedance measured 47k ohms (L) and 45.6k ohms (R) at the 47k ohm setting of the input impedance…

Description: Solid-state phono preamplifier. Gain at 1kHz: 60dB (high), 54dB (low). Input sensitivity at 1kHz: 100µV for 100mV output (high), 200µV for 100mV (low). Frequency range: 20Hz–20kHz. RIAA accuracy: ±0.25dB. Hum and noise input: 70dB; 80dB below 0dB. Distortion at 1V output: <0.1%, second harmonic. Rated output: 10V RMS. Output impedance: 50 ohms.
Dimensions: 18 7/8" (485mm) W by 8¾" (225mm) H by 18¾" (480mm) D. Weight: 12kg.
Serial number of unit reviewed: 7501.
Price: $3495 (1997); no longer available (2021). Approximate number of…

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