{"id":142398,"date":"2022-03-03T07:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T07:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=142398"},"modified":"2022-03-03T07:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T07:06:13","slug":"schiit-audio-mani-2-phono-stage-without-coupling-capacitors-and-extra-cascades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/schiit-audio-mani-2-phono-stage-without-coupling-capacitors-and-extra-cascades\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiit Audio Mani 2: Phono stage without coupling capacitors and extra cascades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Schiit Audio\u00a0introduced the\u00a0Mani 2 phono stage. The novelty has become the successor to the\u00a0Mani\u00a0model , which has been produced since 2014.\u00a0Schiit characteristics: The signal-to-noise ratio has improved by 15 dB compared to its predecessor.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf the Mani signal goes through three capacitors, the Mani 2 has none,\u201d said Jason Stoddard, co-founder of Schiit and head of analog development. Mani 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The main efforts in creating new items were aimed at reducing the signal path.\u00a0Not only all isolation capacitors were removed from the circuit, but also two amplifying stages.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"702\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The analog amplification of Mani Two is assigned to the OPA1612 opamp.\u00a0The gain levels are the same as the original Mani: 35, 45, 50 and 60 dB.\u00a0So the model is compatible with a huge number of cartridges.\u00a0Resistive load is set to 47 kOhm, 200, 47 and 38 Ohm, capacitive &#8211; 47, 100, 150 and 200 pF.<\/p>\n<p>Switching &#8211; jumper, they are located on the bottom cover of the device.\u00a0Stoddard also emphasized that the novelty uses passive correction and a completely switchable rumble filter, and the power supply is linear with two-stage stabilization.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Schiit Audio Mani Two phono stage is already on sale in the US for $150.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schiit Audio\u00a0introduced the\u00a0Mani 2 phono stage. The novelty has become the successor to the\u00a0Mani\u00a0model , which has been produced since 2014.\u00a0Schiit characteristics: The signal-to-noise ratio has improved by 15 dB compared to its predecessor. \u201cIf the Mani signal goes through three capacitors, the Mani 2 has none,\u201d said Jason Stoddard, co-founder of Schiit and head [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/schiit-audio-mani-2-phono-stage-without-coupling-capacitors-and-extra-cascades\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":142403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-142398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}