Moon P-8 Brochure

... The leading edge in music & film reproduction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 5, 2005

Simaudio Ltd. proudly introduces the MOON P-8 Preamplifier. A fully-balanced differential dual-mono design
housed in 2 separate chassis, the P-8 is a masterpiece that produces absolutely no sonic colorations while loaded with
numerous ergonomic features. This stupendous accomplishment is the result of a combination of extensive R&D
yielding new proprietary technologies and the use of the very finest electronic parts availabl e. To push the envelope
even further, the P-8 can be fully integrated into a custom-install environment and provides for a plethora of user
selectable cosmetic options.

“Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence”

MOON P-8 Significant Design Features:

• Two chassis design with the larger chassis housing the power supply, digital controller circuitry, software processing
and the LCD displays. The smaller chassis contains ONLY audio circuitry.

• Full unsolicited RS-232 bidirectional feedback.

• Custom proprietary toroidal transformer design with lower magnetic, electrical and thermal loss, yielding an

improved power transfer and lower regulation factor. The result is increased current speed and better dynamics.

• An oversized power supply with 6 stages of DC voltage regulation and choke filtering.

• M-Ray volume control circuit based on the R-2R resistor array configuration that uses metal film surface mount

resistors with 0.1% tolerances. The result is no sonic degradation of the audio signal regardless of the selected
volume setting.

• M-Lock circuit for “user selectable” maximum volume setting lock-out for each line input.

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chip (i.e. OpAmp, DAC, Digital Filter, etc.) in the audio circuit’s signal path – 40 stages in all.

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Aesthetics: 24 end-user selectable cosmetics combinations: the MOON Logo can be chrome (standard), gold or

pewter; leg cones can be chrome (standard) or gold; Front panel cheeks can be silver (standard) or black;
Brushed/Anodized front face-plate can be silver or black.

• Individual “gain offset” for each individual line input with a ±9dB range.

• Each line input is fully configurable to be “home-theater ready”, where the gain section of the P-8 is bypassed.

• Open-loop, zero-feedback circuit topology using absolutely no capacitors anywhere in the audio signal path.

• Four-layer PCB tracings; 1 on top for ground plane, 1 on the bottom for power circuitry and 2 in middle for the

audio signals. The advantages include better ground and power supply circuit layouts resulting in a much shorter
signal path and dramatically improved signal-to-noise ratio.

• Extremely rigid chassis construction to minimize the effects of external vibrations.

• Accurate matching of the very finest quality electronic components in a symmetrical circuit design.

CONTACT: Lionel Goodfield, VP Marketing .............................. [phone].............. [e-mail]

Costa Koulisakis, North American Sales .................. [phone].............. [e-mail]

Alain Maltais, Worldwide Export Sales ..................... [phone].............. [e-mail]

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