Michell Apollo phono stage with its Muse power supply
Michell Apollo phono stage and Muse power supply, front view
Michell Apollo phono stage and Muse power supply from above, connected
Michell Apollo phono stage and Muse power supply, rear panels
Michell Apollo phono stage, underside with gain and loading switches
Michell Apollo phono stage and Muse power supply with a Michell Gyro turntable, on a dark background
Michell Apollo phono stage with its Muse power supply
Michell Apollo phono stage and Muse power supply, front view
Michell Apollo phono stage and Muse power supply from above, connected
Michell Apollo phono stage and Muse power supply, rear panels
Michell Apollo phono stage, underside with gain and loading switches
Michell Apollo phono stage and Muse power supply with a Michell Gyro turntable, on a dark background

Michell Apollo Phono Stage Powered by Muse

£3,500.00

Michell's two-box moving magnet and moving coil phono stage, with a separate Muse power supply.

  • Class A preamps and gain stages

  • Passive RIAA circuit

  • Separate Muse power supply

  • Solid aluminium billet enclosures

  • Hand-matched capacitors for channel balance

Michell's two-box moving magnet and moving coil phono stage, with a separate Muse power supply.

  • Class A preamps and gain stages

  • Passive RIAA circuit

  • Separate Muse power supply

  • Solid aluminium billet enclosures

  • Hand-matched capacitors for channel balance

Overview

The Apollo is a phono stage that Michell supplies with its separate Muse power supply. Michell says the stage matters as much as the turntable, tonearm and cartridge, and the two-box design keeps the power transformer away from the amplification circuits.

The Apollo uses Class A preamps with technology borrowed from professional microphone amplifiers, a passive RIAA circuit and Class A gain stages. The capacitors are hand-measured and matched for channel balance, and feedback circuits monitor and control each stage. The Muse has a low-noise toroidal transformer, a capacitance multiplier and voltage regulators, giving two filtered, regulated DC outputs. They connect through a custom-designed DC cable made in the UK.

Both units are solid aluminium, machined from two billets with an aluminium back plate, which Michell describes as a Faraday cage against radio-frequency interference. The Apollo works with moving magnet and moving coil cartridges. Michell cites a Hi-Fi News Outstanding Product Award (August 2025) and a What Hi-Fi Five Star Award (October 2025). Come and hear it in our Huddersfield demonstration room.

Specifications

Type: Phono stage with separate power supply

Cartridge types: Moving magnet and moving coil

RIAA: Passive circuit

Preamplifiers: Class A, technology from professional microphone amplifiers

Gain stages: Class A

Power supply: Muse, a separate unit with a toroidal transformer, capacitance multiplier and voltage regulators

Power supply outputs: Two filtered, regulated DC outputs

Enclosures: Solid aluminium, machined from two billets with an aluminium back plate

Capacitors: Hand-measured and matched for channel balance

Regulation: Feedback circuits monitor and control each stage

DC cable: Custom-designed, made in the UK, silver-plated OFC conductors, ChorAlloy-plated XLR connectors

What's in the box

Apollo phono stage

Muse power supply

DC interconnect cable