Gold Note PH-5 Phonostage
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description: Gold Note PH-5 Phono Stage — Review Overview The Gold Note PH-5 is Italian manufacturer Gold Note’s entry point into serious phono stage performance, designed to bring the same quality and performance that made the pricier PH-10 and flagship PH-1000 famous down to a genuinely affordable price. Hi-Fi+’s reviewer — already a longtime owner of Gold Note’s PH-10 — accepted the review assignment eagerly specifically because of that pedigree, and Stereo Untypical’s own pull-quote from the magazine summed up the verdict bluntly: “the highest recommendation… Bravissimo Gold Note.” Build & Design At a compact 200W x 80H x 260D mm, the PH-5 is small enough that it and its optional matching PSU-5 external power supply, placed side by side, take up roughly the same width as a conventional full-size integrated amplifier. Despite the diminutive footprint, Hi-Fi+’s reviewer found it obviously a sibling of the pricier PH-10 the moment it was unboxed. The standout design element — a genuine first for Gold Note — is a touchscreen interface that replaces the PH-10’s physical control dial, giving instant, real-time access to every setting while music plays, including the ability to dim the display. Behind that modern interface, StereoNET’s review found a purely analogue heart: high-grade discrete components mounted on a single circuit board, sealed single switches, and a signal path specifically optimized to keep copper foil distances short and minimize interference — genuine engineering discipline rather than just a flashy UI wrapped around a basic circuit. Performance Reviewers are remarkably consistent in describing the PH-5’s sound as smooth, controlled, and free of harshness, without tipping into blandness. HiFi Knights specifically praised its pace, rhythm, and timing (PRAT), describing catching themselves involuntarily tapping along — a strong compliment for a component that’s fundamentally about accurate signal recovery rather than outright excitement. AnalogPlanet’s reviewer c…
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