Normally, what you see is what you expect: a car has four wheels; a bicycle has two and an amplifier has two channels – or one if you are really lucky. But just because that’s the way things are it doesn’t mean it’s the way they have to be…

If separating the phono and line-stage or adding a separate power supply improves performance, why stop there? The P1 Phono-Stage and L1 Line-Stage are widely regarded as setting the performance standards to which all others aspire, but for CH Precision they also represent the fi rst step on a supremely logical upgrade path.

Each P1 or L1 can be upgraded with an X1 external power supply; each X1 can deliver ultra-quiet, heavily regulated DC to one or two external components; each P1 or L1 can be dedicated to a single-channel, creating a two-box, True-Monaural component. Start with a P1, L1 (or both) and you can add one or more X1 power supplies, or go ‘dual-mono’ at any time, each step a signifi cant musical upgrade that can be taken without cost penalty, allowing each of your critical pre-amplifi cation components to grow from one box into four, protecting your investment while matching your system and musical ambitions.