Tired of the same old 'me-too' silver or black box audio products? The Musicale preamplifiers are not 'mass manufactured' products. Each unit is custom built by hand and individually tested assuring you receive a product that will provide you with trouble free service for many years. Like any of our Musica Bella products, the Musicale preamplifiers are custom designed and built to meet your exact needs and taste. You decide how your preamplifier will look and what features it will have. The preamp chassis at left is just a small sample of what is possible.

Design Philosophy:

The Musica Bella Musicale is a vacuum tube preamplifier. The Phono version can handle moving magnet and many high output moving coil phono cartridges. The Phono version is also equipped with separate power supplies for each the analog and phono sections voiced to offer a full, fast and accurate reproduction of the entire frequency range. Bass is deep, tight and authoritative. A clean, crisp yet tuneful midrange with an uncanny sense of air up top brings emotion back to your listening experience. The use of V-Cap TFTF Teflon or Mundorf Silver/Oil capacitors in the analog stage and Mundorf Silver/Oil in the phono stage allows for unsurpassed detail while maintaining the seductive nature tube lovers lust for.

The Musicale Phono utilizes the same analog circuit as our Musicale Extreme Dual Mono preamplifier but rather than being a dual mono design, the power supplies are dedicated to different stages (analog and phono) rather than separate channels as in the Extreme.

The use of two complete independent tube rectified, choke filtered power supplies for each the analog and phono circuits allows for greater separation of individual instruments, impressive expansion of the soundstage and greater ability to "hold together" in loud passages offering a more effortless sound with new found stability and "locked in" stereo imaging. For those looking to have the remote version, you can be assured of a noise free operation as the remote is powered by a separate regulated DC power supply and even has it's own mains transformer.

Both the analog and phono circuits are built on 1/4" Birch Ply boards eliminating any circuit board traces. The non-remote purist design is equipped with a high quality source sector and Noble volume control with a DACT attenuator available as an option. There is also a remote option available which is described below. Handling the AC duties is a new version of our long time popular RAM Standard AC cord equipped with a high grade Speak-On "Power Con" connector for a trouble free secure connection.

Don't need phono capability? Be sure to check out the Musica Bella Perfetto Dual Mono with External Power supply. Both complete dual mono reference linestages.

About the remote:

Used in the Musica Bella preamplifiers is a DACT stepped attenuator driven by a Bent Audio motor system running off it's own dedicated regulated DC power supply which means a trouble and noise free operation that does not interfere with the music signal. We have even used a separate, dedicated transformer, manufactured by Hammond, so the remote modules share noting with the circuits' power supplies other than the AC input.

If you want the ultimate in performance, the Musicale Phono is available with our MBX (Musica Bella Xternal) power supply.

Musicale Details:


(3) sets of RCA line inputs standard
(1) set of MM phono RCA inputs
(2) sets of RCA main outputs.
(1) Source selector
(1) Variable gain attenuation. -6dB, -10dB, -20dB   Located on back panel.

Design Features

- Optional 100% hardwood chassis construction
- Full dual power supplies with only 8 tubes (4 for each channel) self contained within a single chassis (phono version)
- Separate power supplies for the analog and phono stages
- Separate regulated power supply for the remote control circuit
- zero feedback analog circuit design
- tube regulated & rectified high precision power supplies
- Mundorf power supply filtering capacitors
- vacuum tube power supply rectification with 6X5 tube (new old stock)
- Tube Complement:(2)12AU7 driver, (2) 6X5 rectifier, (2) ECL82 regulator
  Phono: 12AX7 input with 12AU7 output tube
- Two high quality custom designed mains transformers and chokes
- V-Cap TFTF Teflon or Mundorf Silver/Oil coupling capacitors used in the analog stage
- Silver/Oil capacitors used in the phono circuit
- DACT Stepped attenuator volume control (optional)
- Hard wired analog circuit board using silver wire
- 'No-Trace'TM wooden Birch Ply boards used in analog and phono stage
- Short signal paths
- high quality insulated RCA jacks
 

Technical Specifications

- Input impedance = 100K
- Output impedance = 2.5K ohm.
- Output gain = 24dB
- Total Harmonic Distortion = 0.2% @ 1V output
- Noise = 88dB
- Size: 16.5" x 17" x 6" (WxDxH) sizes may vary depending on chassis construction
- Weight: 30-35 lbs. +/- Net weight may vary depending on hardwood chosen and chassis construction
 

Chassis & Finishes:

The unit shown above is done in Walnut Burl real wood veneer over Black Walnut hardwood. Other option include but are not limited to Waterfall Bubinga over Bubinga hardwood & Elm Burl over Black Walnut hardwood.

 

PHONO STAGE
Phono Stage Gain	55db - overall total through phono & Line stage
Input Overload	300mV
Input Impedance	47K ohms
Noise	54dB
Tube Compliment	1x 12AX7, 1x 12AU7
Price	Introductory Price: $5,195
w/Phono	Introductory Price: $5,995
With MBX external power supply (phono version only)	Introductory Price: $6,495

Where to Buy

This product is available for international sales. Click on the international globe below for orders outside the United States.
 

Custom Build To Order

The Musicale Phono preamplifier is part of our custom build to order series of products. With this product, you will have the final say on how it looks and what features it will have.

The Musicale Phono is available as a manual unit with your choice of custom wood control knobs. You will choose what wood or combination of woods is used for the the chassis and/or face plate of your unit.

Remote control option: Contact us for remote control options

Five year parts and labor warranty / 90 days on vacuum tubes

 

Musica BellaTM along with Bella EXtremeTM are the official product lines of Response Audio.

What we are showing here is the base cabinet that can be used for the Musica Bella Musicale chassis. Solid hardwood with steel sub enclosure. Shown here is an enclosure done in solid 3/4" Bubinga with Waterfall Bubinga veneer finished in Antique Oil.

Six 1" holes holes are drilled and located in a manner that will allow for sufficient ventilation.

The pictures shown on this page are base unit prior to any control or ventilation holes being drilled.

Pricing for solid hardwood enclosures will start at $550 each. Veneers and two-tone designs will be additional and priced accordingly.