Tom Evans Audio Design
Devotion to Sound
"One man's passion can create excellence that many other's don't reach."
Tom Evans Audio Design at Winters Audio
The audio history books already have a chapter entitled Tom Evans. But the story is far from over. When one person has the talent and dedication to become an exceptional designer, you can be sure that, every now and then, they will kick the established goalposts.
At Winters Audio, we have always had a passion for Tom’s products. Everything he’s breathed on has an incredibly low noise floor. This quality alone means that you can hear right through the recording mix. The resolution of the Mastergroove SR III is astonishing. The soundstage is lifelike and concert-like in its presentation, and while the cases are not, shall we say, visually premium, Tom has a perfectly sound explanation for why he chose the simple black boxes and has stuck with them from the beginning.
If you would like to learn more about Tom Evans Design equipment, please do not hesitate to contact us.
MasterGroove SR Mk3
A true high-end phono stage. History talks of revolution – here's the next one in the story of vinyl replay.
Price in the order of £25,000
The MasterGroove SR Mk3 follows on from the previous MasterGrooves in its general concept. It's an ultra low noise design with high dynamic range and plenty of cartridge loading options. It benefits from a proprietary mains transformer with new EMI screening that prevents mains noise getting into the power supply. New local regulators, with lower noise and higher dynamic range, feed each element of the gain stages separately (to keep unwanted coupling to a minimum). Circuit board quality and important components such as resistors have been significantly improved too.
The real fairy dust though, the magic, comes down to the painstaking selection and matching of the tolerances of all critical components. Hours of testing and matching ensures that every stage runs exactly to Tom's requirements. No slight mismatches of gain, no slight variation in frequency response, no extra noise creeping in from a couple of out of tolerance and 'gone noisy' regulator components.
And it needs to be used in a great system of course. A top-notch turntable and quality power amplification into transparent speakers is a must. Plus a meticulous setup too – good isolation, mains conditioning and proper room layout brings further rewards, revealing the startling performance on offer with this sublime phono stage.
Such is the overwhelming complexity and work load of hand measuring and perfectly matching every component of this ultimate phono stage, this limited edition model is only available at a rate of ten units per year.
Featuring a custom case with a fully balanced XLR output circuit as well as a single ended RCA phono output.
Our most sophisticated internal PSU design with a far more complexed front end gain stage, has over 50% less signal distortion than the already reference MasterGroove model. This provides the greatest dynamic range of any phono stage in the World by an incredible margin. The very ethos of this is the resolution of more detail than was ever thought possible from any HiFi medium. A set of measurements so in advance of the competition that it will be more akin to testing an advanced Alien technology than measuring a mere electronic device.
If the future of Audio is to be defined by one component, then we believe the Tom Evans Audio Design MasterGroove SR Mk3 will be that component, and given all that you already know about our World beating range of phono stages, do you truly believe that such an advancement would come from anyone else?
The new MasterGroove SR Mk3 is a quite literally beyond reality!