ART USB Phono Plus

The USB Phono Plus is the ideal solution for transferring any highly prized vinyl collection to your computer or laptop. It is also the ideal high performance audio interface between analog and digital sources. Built in low-noise RIAA phono pre-amp circuit with low cut filters (to remove rumble and noise) guarantee pristine audio capture.

Front mounted gain control and Signal/Clip LED allows easy optimisation of a wide range of analog input sources. The USB Monitor/headphone provides zero latency monitoring of the input source for easy cueing. The USB PhonoPlusPS can also act as audio playback source for any USB equipped computer or laptop. Optical TOSLINK Input and Output as well as an S/PDIF Input make the USB PhonoPlusPS an ideal analog / digital audio to USB interface as well.

The built-in low noise Phono Preamp circuit is highly accurate and precisely conforms to the RIAA standard. The Line Out jacks are always connected to the input preamp signal for source monitoring or to allow use as a stand-alone phono preamp.

USB Phono Plus Applications:

• Housed in an all aluminium black anodised case

• Powered by external power supply or directly via USB port

• Fully compliant with the USB 2.0 specification and uses USB adaptive mode for playback and USB asynchronous mode for record.

• Works with Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 USB audio device drivers as well as Apple OS9.1/OS-X computers with native USB support.

• USB Phono Plus ships with Audacity

The Preamp Phono/Line In connections are RCA-type jacks and are used to connect your turntable, tape, CD, MP3 player, or other analog stereo audio device to the USB Phono Plus Project Series.

The Ground terminal connection on the rear is used to connect the separate ground wire from your turntable to reduce hum. (This connection is unnecessary for digital output turntables).

The Preamp Line Out connections are RCA-type jacks that are always connected to the analog input preamp signal for source monitoring or to allow use as a stand-alone phono preamp.

The S/PDIF In To USB RCA-type connection is a digital input that overrides the Opto In and analog preamp signal connections whenever there is a valid digital signal present that is in S/PDIF format.

This digital signal input is routed to the your computer USB interface for S/PDIF to USB connectivity only. Note: You cannot connect S/PDIF to analog or analog to S/PDIF with this product.

The OPTO In To USB and OPTO Out From USB connections provide for Optical digital connections direct to your computer via USB. When there is valid TOSLINK digital signal at the OPTO In connection it overrides the analog preamp signal connection to the USB interface.

NOTE: The optical inputs accept only NON-copyrighted, consumer (not professional) formatted digital material. The sample rate must be between 32kHz ad 48kHz. All material is sent to the computer interface only.