Rega Elicit-R User Manual
Elicit-
Integrated amplifier
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
DESIGN INNOVATION 2-3
INSTALLATION & VENTILATION 4
REAR PANEL CONNECTIVITY 5-6
PHONO LINE INPUT 7-8
FRONT PANEL 9
VOLUME CONTROL & LED DIMMER FUNCTION 10
THERMAL CUT-OUT & DC PROTECTION 11
OPERATING TEMP & SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION 12
REMOTE CONTROL 13
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 14-15
OWNERS LOG 16
INTRODUCTION
The Elicit-R is built to the highest standard and designed to deliver the best possible
audio performance whilst remaining simple to use and easy to setup.
Our recent development work in amplifier design circuitry has allowed us to further
advance the Elicit-R performance by using new and improved power amplifier
circuits (based around the hugely successful Rega Brio-R amplifier) combined with
FET II discrete line pre-amplifiers and a programmable stepped attenuator volume
control.
The Elicit-R includes a high quality, built in, moving magnet phono stage which can be
switched off by the user if so required. A simple switch on the rear panel switches to
a secondary input socket at line level. This socket can be used with any line level
product, however, the circuit has dedicated isolation making it ideal for an external
phono stage such as the Rega Aria MM/MC.
These features coupled with Polypropylene capacitors (used throughout the signal
path), improved power supplies, increased output power to 100 Watts per channel,
all housed in a brand new custom Rega designed case, combine to give the best
performance Elicit to date.
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DESIGN INNOVATION
Our time, effort & money has been spent on developing the circuit and construction,
utilizing the highest specification of components throughout. As part of the design we
have included useful features such as the switchable phono input, to enable the new
Elicit-R amplifier to be used in a wide combination of systems and have avoided
superfluous gadgets such as tone controls or a headphone socket as they can
obstruct the signal path and degrade the sound quality.
The Elicit-R amplifier further advances the performance of the Elicit II by combining
the Brio-R power amplifier circuit, the Elicit II FET discrete line pre-amplifier circuit
and a stepped attenuator volume control. Improvements have also been made to the
Brio-R power amplifier circuit which includes better power supplies and an increase
in the output power to 100Watts per channel.
The Elicit-R has been built to Rega’s high standards of reliability and quality to ensure
many years of musical enjoyment. The primary function of an amplifier is to boost and
equalize the low level signal generated by a phono cartridge, CD player or other
source component to a level that can drive the loudspeakers. It is vital that the amplifier achieves this whilst minimising distortion, as this would directly affect the music.
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DESIGN INNOVATION continued
A few extravagantly priced, exotic, high-end amplifiers have used volume controls
with a few dozen switched resistors to alter volume levels. The Elicit-R uses a
custom chip which contains 1024 resistors which alter volume and simultaneously
retain correct input impedance. Only the resistors operate in the audio/music
circuit. The programmed control and volume encoder are entirely separate so the
analogue music quality is not affected.
POWER AMPLIFIER TECHNOLOGY
The output amplifier used in the Elicit-R and Brio-R was born after extensive
research by our engineers to develop a low source impedance emitter follower
Class-A driver stage. This is based around a complementary pair of 150w Sanken
Darlington output transistors. The technical and sonic improvement gained by the
use of low impedance drivers is well known, however, it can feature high standing
currents in the driver stage when using standard transistor configurations.
By combining the low impedance driver with the Sanken Darlington transistors (with
their imbedded thermal bias network running at a lower standing current), this
combination forms a complementary emitter follower emulating Class-A conditions
with good thermal stability and lower standing currents in the driver stage.
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