NAD’s PP-3 combines the award winning PP-2 MM/MC Phono Preamp with a high quality Analog-to-Digital converter with USB interface. Utilizing VinylStudio™ Lite PC Software (CD included) copy your LPs directly to a PC as either .wav or .mp3 files. Once your analog LPs are digitized, the music can be burned onto CD-Rs’ or transferred to portable music players. The PP-3 also includes the same analog outputs as the PP-2 for connection to an analog stereo system.

The PP-3 phono preamp consists of a low noise discrete MC preamp followed by a low noise opamp-based RIAA MM stage incorporating a 12 dB /octave infrasonic filter to attenuate turntable “rumble” noise. The output feeds the Line Output as well as the soft clipped input of an A/D converter with USB Output. This can be connected to any PC for recording from vinyl disc to PC hard drive.

The output of the phono preamp is attenuated, further low pass filtered and fed to the input of the A/D converter. A Soft Clipping circuit is employed to prevent overdriving the A/D converter. The MM preamp has a 100 dB dynamic range and the A/D converter 89dB allowing NAD to optimise the gain for best signal to noise and lowest distortion. The A/D converter has a sampling frequency of 48kHz for USB compatibility and a THD of only 0.01% at 100% FS.

The power supply is an external 24V Switch Mode design that automatically adjusts to your AC supply from 100V to 240V (plug adapters included). This supply delivers raw DC to the PP-3. Internal circuitry has precision low noise series current source /shunt regulator arrangement for low impedance and noise. The digital stage is fed by the 5V USB supply of the PC thus offering total isolation of the analog and digital stages for clean low noise performance.

This sophisticated and cost-effective component allows you to enjoy your vinyl LP collection through your normal stereo system, but also gives the option to record your LP’s into today’s digital formats. The additional Line Input allows any other analog source, be it FM radio, Tape, or the analog output of your CD player, to be converted to the digital USB format. This also ‘adds back’ the input on your Amp or Receiver used up by the PP-3. This extra functionality makes the PP-3 an easy upgrade from the PP-2, while maintaining the PP-2’s extraordinary performance and sound quality.

 

See the Phono Preamp FAQ if you are unsure whether you need a Phono Preamp or not.

 

Phono Inputs
Input impedance (R and C)		47Kohm + 220pF (MM); 100Kohm + 180pF (MC)
Input sensitivity		3.5mV (MM); 0.2mV (MC)
Input overload at 20Hz/1kHz/20kHz		10/102/950mV (MM); 0.8/9/84mV (MC)
Signal/Noise ratio (A-weighted w/ cartridge)		80dB (MM); 78dB (MC)
RIAA response accuracy		±0.3dB
Physical Specification
Dimensions (W×H×D)		135 x 35 x 70 mm
Net Weight		0.45kg