Design innovation – Rega Elicit-R User Manual
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DESIGN INNOVATION
Our time, effort & money has been spent on developing the circuit and construction,
utilizing the highest specification of components throughout. As part of the design we
have included useful features such as the switchable phono input, to enable the new
Elicit-
R
amplifier to be used in a wide combination of systems and have avoided
superfluous gadgets such as tone controls or a headphone socket as they can
obstruct the signal path and degrade the sound quality.
The Elicit-
R
amplifier further advances the performance of the Elicit II by combining
the Brio-
R
power amplifier circuit, the Elicit II FET discrete line pre-amplifier circuit
and a stepped attenuator volume control. Improvements have also been made to the
Brio-
R
power amplifier circuit which includes better power supplies and an increase
in the output power to 100Watts per channel.
The Elicit-
R
has been built to Rega’s high standards of reliability and quality to ensure
many years of musical enjoyment. The primary function of an amplifier is to boost and
equalize the low level signal generated by a phono cartridge, CD player or other
source component to a level that can drive the loudspeakers. It is vital that the ampli-
fier achieves this whilst minimising distortion, as this would directly affect the music.