ZYX CPP-1 Pre-Preamp

ZYX CPP-1 is a pre-preamp. it is not a step up. nakatsuka san used to make some very popular and good step ups which had to be discontinued. ZYX pre-preamp is very good and needs to be mated with the right system to fully take advantage of it. statements below are from nakatsuka san:

The input resistor is a very important part of the pre-pre amplifier. It is the first load of the generated signal of MC cartridges. The minute signals should go into the resistor without any influences from resistor noise and inductance. So that we recommend the made of pure copper wire.

CPP-1 uses the world’s first cryogenically purified crystal copper wire which is the same one as the coil wire of our R1000 series X type cartridge. The resistor is made by winding the wire to a coil that has no inductance in special process. The our resistor can transfer the output signals with no noise and no inductance at all.

You can hear its impact in the pure sound of the CPP-1. do not forget to go over all the information in the ZYX CHATS carefully.

post note: SORAsound is finally sold out of its stock of ZYX CPP-1 pre-preamp. this is actually good news for you too as we have some great suggestions for you now. during 2009, we offered these units at $995 (SORAsound retail price for ZYX CPP-1 pre-preamp was $1,450). 2009 north american retail prices are $2,499.00.