Brilliance Phono Preamplifier

Brilliance two stereo channel phono preamplifier

Hear your vinyl reproduced exactly as it was recorded!

Featuring The quietest noise floor you've never heard Two stereo input pairs WiFi HiFi™ browser based remote control Balanced or single ended inputs and outputs Fully differential inputs Direct coupled for deepest, tightest bass Eighteen custom discrete op amps Ten Octal Opto™ optically isolated octal switches Moving coil or moving magnet Remote selection of input, gain, MC/MM, resistive and capacitive loading, mute Double Superpower™ regulated Accelerated auto–null servo loop

Brilliance was designed from day one as a no-compromise phonograph amplifier. Audio electronics design expert Stewart Yaniger has said “good phono stage design is one of the hardest problems in audio electronics.” So making a state of the art phono preamp like Brilliance was no trivial undertaking and the journey made the final result all the more satisfying. Suffice it to say that we consider the end result a masterpiece of electronic design with no compromises. Some of the benefits you hear (or don’t hear)…

• With two stereo input channels, Brilliance is ready for two individual turntables or one with dual arms. Switch between the two by the included remote control.
• All inputs are balanced, with high input impedance and very low noise. At the highest gain setting (an amplification factor of over 3000), low noise is very important and Brilliance noise is lower than the noise contributed by the vinyl itself.
• Capacitive and resistive loading are remotely switchable so you can sit in your listening chair to evaluate the proper load for your cartridge. There is no need to shut off the phono preamp, get out of your chair and fiddle with little rear panel switches, no adding components via screw terminal or worse, opening the case to change loading. The remote control also allows setting gain and even changing from moving magnet (MM) to moving coil (MC) gain ranges. Once everything is set, you can lock the settings to prevent accidentally changing them.
• Two independent inputs are available, and either can be set for MM or MC. Each input pair has its own load settings that are saved and updated when input selection changes.
• There is a mute (via remote control), in case you need to take a call or converse with someone.
• Brilliance uses 80 optically isolated analog switches (we named them Octal Opto) to control capacitive and resistive cartridge loading, gain and cartridge type (MC/MM) switching. High gain also can amplify switching noise to a point where it is annoying or even dangerous for amplifiers and speakers. Some of the Octal Optos disconnect the outputs whenever anything is switched, to mute any switching transients. You may hear a very faint “click”, nothing more.
• Brilliance is direct coupled from input to output because a direct coupled signal path (with no coupling capacitors) delivers the deepest, tightest, most chest thumping bass reproduction. Direct coupling also amplifies any DC offset; Brilliance uses a servo correction loop to null DC offset and make direct coupling possible.
• Servos, because they operate at very low frequency, have long stabilization times at power on. Belleson solved that by adding a unique hardware servo accelerator that keeps the start-up transient small and allows fast settling. You get the best of both worlds—bone-rattling bass with no turn-on thumps.
• The Brilliance remote control (Wifi Hifi) is a browser based app, so it runs on any device with a web browser. A tablet is included and already connected, so you can open the box, plug it in and listen to your vinyl.
• Wifi Hifi also can be connected into your local wifi network, so you can control Brilliance from your own tablet, from your phone or from your music server where your other music services are running.
• Brilliance has two modes, stand-by and active. In stand-by mode, only the control system is functional and power consumption is very low. In active mode the audio circuitry is energized and music plays.
• XLR inputs and outputs are available