PV-14 Remote Controlled Line-Stage Vacuum Tube Pre-Amplifier 

Introduced February 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The PV14L was a remote-controlled  zero-feedback vacuum-tube line-stage preamplifier with seven inputs that was designed to serve as the control center for high-performance audio and audio/video systems. The PV14L featured a level control derived from technology developed for our Premier products. It employed a microprocessor controlled stepped attenuator with discrete resistors, which offers considerable sonic advantages over the motorized carbon track potentiometers more commonly used. This arrangement also allowed the PV14L to produce precisely repeatable volume settings.

The PV14L included a Theater input/output loop much the same as was introduced in the Premier16, which provides a locked unity gain setting, made it the ideal component to integrate home theater into their stereos without compromising the performance of their primary music system.

The PV14L incorporated an all-new zero-feedback circuit based on a single stage triode amplifier using a 6C4 miniature vacuum tube. A direct coupled buffer stage provided a low output impedance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifications
       
        PV14L
        Gain:  22 dB
        Maximum Output:  10.0 vrms 
        Distortion:  less than .25% THD
        Freq. Response: 2 Hz to 100 KHz +0/-1 dB
        Hum and Noise: 98 dB below 2.5 V
        Phase: phase inverting
        Dimensions: 14.375D x 19W x 3.315H inches
        Weight: 14 lbs.

 

V1 & V2: 8080 (6C4)