EAT stays groovy with the new E-Glo Petit phono stage and Prelude turntable
EAT (European Audio Team) is a specialist manufacturer of analogue audio equipment, including turntables, cartridges, phono stages and vacuum tubes (valves). The company’s founder and CEO is Jozefina Lichtenegger, who is married to Heinz Lichtenegger – boss of Pro-Ject, the world’s largest manufacturer of ‘hi-fi quality’ turntables. The two companies are separate but share a close working relationship; EAT products are designed and built by a specialist team within the Pro-Ject factory. In terms of design ethos, the distinction between EAT and Pro-Ject is akin to that between Porsche and Volkswagen.
These two new creations take EAT’s upmarket product concepts into more affordable territory…
These two new creations take EAT’s upmarket product concepts into more affordable territory…
Elegant high-end tube phono pre-amplifier with ultra slim design!
E-Glo Petit is the small sibling of the highly acclaimed and award winning E-Glo S. With its fully discreet, OpAmp-less design, we were able to achieve an outstanding sound in a small and compact form factor. Stunning dynamics, a clear midrange and high resolution definition is what makes E-Glo Petit punch way above its weight.
E-Glo Petit is the small sibling of the highly acclaimed and award winning E-Glo S. With its fully discreet, OpAmp-less design, we were able to achieve an outstanding sound in a small and compact form factor. Stunning dynamics, a clear midrange and high resolution definition is what makes E-Glo Petit punch way above its weight.
- Hybrid tube design with 12AX7 tubes
- MM & MC capability
- Precise RIAA equalisation
- Adjustable impedance and capacitance
- Subsonic filter switchable
- Fully discrete circuitry
- Advanced power supply
- Aluminium casing with wooden side panels
With our special designed power supply we enabled the tubes to stay "hot" at all times. That ensures that they perform at their maximum during the entire listening session. We have put a lot of time and effort in getting the power supply just right for E-Glo Petit. As we believe it is a critical and important part of the signal path. Therefore we designed it to be regulated and well filtrated for better performance of the complete package.
With the use of very special low noise J-FET transistors of the type 2SK209 in a quad-setup, E-Glo Petit reached its incredible and unique Signal to Noise Ratio of 87 decibels. No other tube phono preamplifier on the market is even getting near those results.
With our special designed power supply we enabled the tubes to stay "hot" at all times. That ensures that they perform at their maximum during the entire listening session. We have put a lot of time and effort in getting the power supply just right for E-Glo Petit. As we believe it is a critical and important part of the signal path. Therefore we designed it to be regulated and well filtrated for better performance of the complete package.
With the use of very special low noise J-FET transistors of the type 2SK209 in a quad-setup, E-Glo Petit reached its incredible and unique Signal to Noise Ratio of 87 decibels. No other tube phono preamplifier on the market is even getting near those results.
High end turntable with timeless design. A genuinely affordable deck with neutral sound
EAT is acclaimed for true high-end turntables that drive physics to the theoretical maximum. With the considered use of mass, EAT has waged a war on unwanted vibration, resonance and colouration of the sound. Now EAT offers for the first time a deck which is genuinely affordable but able to provide neutral sound.
To reach the price target, there have to be compromises, but the basic principles remain the same: Only a heavy-weight platter can give you the correct speed and precision. We use a low tolerance (0.01) polished stainless steel bearing in a soft bronze bushing, to ensure a super silent and smooth movement. This is the same base material as in our high-end designs. Supplied with the turntable is a pre-fitted Ortofon 2M Red cartridge as well as an acrylic lid for protection from dust.
The elegant piano lacquer finish fits into every home or type of decor. We also offer the Prelude with the EAT iconic green motor and belt.
EAT is acclaimed for true high-end turntables that drive physics to the theoretical maximum. With the considered use of mass, EAT has waged a war on unwanted vibration, resonance and colouration of the sound. Now EAT offers for the first time a deck which is genuinely affordable but able to provide neutral sound.
To reach the price target, there have to be compromises, but the basic principles remain the same: Only a heavy-weight platter can give you the correct speed and precision. We use a low tolerance (0.01) polished stainless steel bearing in a soft bronze bushing, to ensure a super silent and smooth movement. This is the same base material as in our high-end designs. Supplied with the turntable is a pre-fitted Ortofon 2M Red cartridge as well as an acrylic lid for protection from dust.
The elegant piano lacquer finish fits into every home or type of decor. We also offer the Prelude with the EAT iconic green motor and belt.
Our plinth is made out of dense MDF, protected by eight layers of lacquer which produce a luxurious look and finish. This is a first in a price category where the norm is a particle board chassis with glued-on veneer. For the motor, we avoid a mass-loaded design. Instead, we have a free-standing motor with no connection to the board; this is the only way to ensure no motor vibrations are passed on.
Most of our customers making purchases in this price range will use an MM (moving-magnet) cartridge. To address this, we chose a lightweight, ultra-stiff and resonance-free carbon tonearm tube, which is cast in a single piece. We deliberately avoided a heavier metal headshell, as a lightweight design simply creates more ideal resonant frequencies with an MM cartridge. Equally unusual at this price is the bearing block for the tonearm and the counterweight.
The mass bearing block behaves like an energy sink for all resonances from the cartridge, as well as the low frequencies from the deck. The counterweight implements an anti-resonator damper to reduce the amplitude of the natural tonearm/cartridge resonance.
We have chosen one of the "best buy" cartridges available today, a perfect partner for Prelude. The discerning listener will recognise that the Prelude tonearm elevates the 2M Red to a completely new level of performance.
We know that all low mass turntables tend to sound boomy because of the stored energy and vibrations, especially when compared to costlier, more massive designs. The Prelude will surprise listeners through its astonishing lack of colouration and exceptional dynamics. It is the perfect starting point for assembling a true audiophile hi-fi system.
- Rigid MDF chassis
- Heavy weight aluminium platter
- Precision diamond-cut pulley
- Belt drive principle
- 2M Red cartridge
- Carbon tonearm
- DC power supply for ultimate speed stability
- Dust cover included