{"id":136284,"date":"2021-09-09T10:20:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=136284"},"modified":"2021-09-09T10:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:22:20","slug":"zesto-audio-reference-grade-updated-model-of-the-universal-phono-stage-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/zesto-audio-reference-grade-updated-model-of-the-universal-phono-stage-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Zesto Audio Reference Grade: Updated model of the universal phono stage 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American company\u00a0<b>Zesto Audio<\/b>\u00a0has released the\u00a0<b>Reference Grade<\/b>\u00a0phono stage\u00a0.\u00a0The company calls it\u00a0<b>Andros\u00a0<\/b><b>Tessera\u00a0<\/b><b>Reference Phonostage (T-REF)<\/b>\u00a0.\u00a0The work of the novelty is based on the model of the same name in 2016, however, in contrast to it, the\u00a0<b>Reference Grade 2021<\/b>\u00a0phono stage\u00a0received an updated design of all microcircuits, power supplies and components.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-136286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pasted-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pasted-18.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pasted-18-843x561.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pasted-18-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pasted-18-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pasted-18-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pasted-18-366x244.jpg 366w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Pasted-18-750x499.jpg 750w, 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