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TZ Direct

Accessory

Type

Accessory

About this gear

The TZ Direct is a phono stage from Sutherland Engineering, a designer known for minimalist, battery-powered circuits that avoid the noise and coloration of conventional power supplies. It uses a transimpedance input stage designed specifically for low-impedance moving coil cartridges, bypassing the usual loading resistors in favor of a current-based amplification approach that many listeners find yields a blacker background and more direct, uncolored presentation of the cartridge signal.