Allnic's AUT-8000 Step UP Transformer now with variable impedance loading!

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ALLNIC’S NEW
AUT-8000 SILVER
MC STEP-UP TRANSFORMER​

Allnic has improved its moving-coil step-up transformers, now available as a separate device that can be used with all Allnic or any other manufacturer’s phono-stages, the AUT-8000 Silver, or as replacement MC transformer towers to upgrade the Allnic H-5500, H-6500 and H-7000 phono-stages (all new production of the flagship H-8000 DHT (Direct-Heated Triode) come with the “silver SUTs” as standard).

Allnic analogue specialist’s H-8000 DHT Phono-stage with Power Supply​

The new, in-house manufactured Allnic MC step-up transformers feature pure silver wire windings on Allnic’s famous permalloy transformer cores. The silver windings provide increased resolution and dynamics, soundstage three-dimensionality and instrument and voice “substance” and “body”. They are truly a “step-up” (apologies) from the standard copper-wound SUTs and will make any Allnic phono-stage preamp provide even more lifelike sound than that for which they have been universally praised by reviewers and users.

The stand-alone AUT-8000 Silver now features variable impedance loading!

The stand-alone AUT-8000 Silver replaces the AUT-2000, which featured copper windings on the transformers, as do all Allnic’s phono-stages (besides the H-8000 DHT) and features not only the silver-wound SUTs but also enhanced flexibility. Only the H-7000 with the Silver SUT option has this flexibility integrated into its circuitry!

The AUT-8000 Silver sports variable impedance loading (the same as on the H-7000/H-7000V phono-stages) and dual MC inputs, allowing the user to connect two tonearms.
The AUT-8000 Silver has a single pair of unbalanced (RCA) output connections and a ground post and comes in the customer’s choice of a rugged silver or black aluminum chassis.

The quality is superb and has me entranced…….dead quiet and to my surprise, fantastic out of the box.

In fact, for a new SUT to sound so perfect is almost weird….

Thank you so much for such a wonderful gift

J.D.L. May, 2023​

Whatever your choice, as a replacement, upgrade SUTs for your current Allnic phono-stage or incorporated into the highly flexible, stand-alone AUT-8000 Silver, Allnic’s new, in-house manufactured silver wire-wound step-up transformers will elevate your vinyl rig to a higher level of performance, proving a “silver-lining” for your system, gracing it with even more clarity and realism, clearing away clouds you may not even have realized were there.

Contact your local Allnic Dealer for further details.

 

[Massimo66]

Dear staff, I already own this splendid aut 8000. I would like to know if instead of the 10 kohm resistor it would be possible to replace it with a 75 kohm resistor so as to be able to better adapt the impedance of my My sonic lab sig cartridge. platinum. exactly how my h7000v is set up. thanks for any response

 

[Birdwatcher]

If I look a this soldering, I think Allnic should need some new soldering worker….

 

[analogsa]

And better resistors. Overall, much sexier look from the outside.

 

[ketcham]

Here is a recent favorable review of the H-7000 with the Silver wound permalloy SUT, effectively an integrated AUT-8000

ALLNIC H-7000 PHONO-PREAMPLIFIER - REVIEW — AUDIOKEY REVIEWS

There is no other way to put it, the Allnic H-7000 tube based Phono Stage is the most impressive analogue component I have encountered. It is also the most expensive, and appropriately so considering the obsessive attention to detail, materials, and build. It will be hard to see it go, but even so,

www.audiokeyreviews.com

 

[Massimo66]

Here is a recent favorable review of the H-7000 with the Silver wound permalloy SUT, effectively an integrated AUT-8000

ALLNIC H-7000 PHONO-PREAMPLIFIER - REVIEW — AUDIOKEY REVIEWS

There is no other way to put it, the Allnic H-7000 tube based Phono Stage is the most impressive analogue component I have encountered. It is also the most expensive, and appropriately so considering the obsessive attention to detail, materials, and build. It will be hard to see it go, but even so,

www.audiokeyreviews.com

Good morning, very kind staff, I read the review carefully but the only point where the word silver was mentioned was when the journalist talked about the color in which the H 7000 can be had. Reading on the allnic website I seemed to understand that yes can order everything wired in silver. another thing that I haven't read until now is how much the silver transformers bring the sound of the 7000 to the 8000 with the necessary differences in terms of dynamics. perhaps you could suggest to the parent company to give a dual fuel option. there we would really be breathing down the 8000's neck. anyway, a 10,000 h has already arrived.

 

[ketcham]

Allnic Audio AUT-8000 MC Step-Up Transformer — Audiophilia

This is the third and final instalment of my 2024 adventures with Step-Up Transformers (SUTs). My introduction came many years ago, but I never inquired about them further. I was unfamiliar with their use and mistakenly thought a quality phono stage ended the analog amplification journey. Thank you

www.audiophilia.com

New Review from Anthony Kershaw with “Audiophilia Star Component” Award.

 

[Massimo66]

Allnic Audio AUT-8000 MC Step-Up Transformer — Audiophilia

This is the third and final instalment of my 2024 adventures with Step-Up Transformers (SUTs). My introduction came many years ago, but I never inquired about them further. I was unfamiliar with their use and mistakenly thought a quality phono stage ended the analog amplification journey. Thank you

www.audiophilia.com

Nuova recensione di Anthony Kershaw con il premio “Audiophilia Star Component”.

Peccato che aut 8000 non sia nero come L 10000 e h7000.

 

[ketcham]

Good morning, very kind staff, I read the review carefully but the only point where the word silver was mentioned was when the journalist talked about the color in which the H 7000 can be had. Reading on the allnic website I seemed to understand that yes can order everything wired in silver. another thing that I haven't read until now is how much the silver transformers bring the sound of the 7000 to the 8000 with the necessary differences in terms of dynamics. perhaps you could suggest to the parent company to give a dual fuel option. there we would really be breathing down the 8000's neck. anyway, a 10,000 h has already arrived.

Allnic only offers step-up transformers silver wire wound. They also have various interconnects with silver in the wire but not all silver per se. This is intentional for optimal sound. Allnic circuits are continually evolving and new discoveries are implemented throughout their product line. An all silver wired circuit was not optimal and therefore never marketed.

H-8000 DHT remains a solid design and Emission Labs is producing rs242 for Allnic starting this fall. Please reach out to Allnic directly for details.

 

[Tangram]

Allnic only offers step-up transformers silver wire wound. They also have various interconnects with silver in the wire but not all silver per se. This is intentional for optimal sound. Allnic circuits are continually evolving and new discoveries are implemented throughout their product line. An all silver wired circuit was not optimal and therefore never marketed.

H-8000 DHT remains a solid design and Emission Labs is producing rs242 for Allnic starting this fall. Please reach out to Allnic directly for details.

How does this SUT’s sound compare with the AUT-2000, which I own and love, paired with a Lejonklou Slipsik 8 and Etsuro Urushi Cobalt Blue?

 

[ketcham]

To compare to the AUT-2000

In addition to the information stated below, I would emphasize detail and delicacy without fatigue.

"The silver windings provide increased resolution and dynamics, soundstage three-dimensionality and instrument and voice “substance” and “body”."

It also features the impedance matching that the H-7000 model implements.

It is easy to switch between cartridges in a two-arm system.

Although passive in nature, it does require high-quality cabling before and after, which itself is an additional significant investment.

 

[Tangram]

To compare to the AUT-2000

In addition to the information stated below, I would emphasize detail and delicacy without fatigue.

"The silver windings provide increased resolution and dynamics, soundstage three-dimensionality and instrument and voice “substance” and “body”."

It also features the impedance matching that the H-7000 model implements.
It is easy to switch between cartridges in a two-arm system.

Although passive in nature, it does require high-quality cabling before and after, which itself is an additional significant investment.

Thanks very much. I may borrow one from Don Corby.

 

[Massimo66]

good morning The aut 2000 is in some way equivalent to the one incorporated in the h7000 phono preamplifier that I own, when I tried the aut 8000 I was able to make a comparison between the internal step up and the new one in silver. fortunately I was given an AUT 8000 which had already undergone its running-in process…. obviously the allnic step up never left my house again. the difference that Ketcham underlined is great in terms of resolution and area without in the slightest distorting the wonderful midrange with which the h7000 is equipped, I can also confirm a sensation of increased dynamics

 

[Tangram]

It’s taken me a while to get around to it but I have the AUT 8000 on demo that will allow me to compare it with the AUT 2000. The 8000 is new out of the box so I need to get some hours on it and my ears before I compare the two. Should be fun.