Fosgate Signature v2 phono preamplifier

Seven-Tube Fosgate Signature v2 Phonostage: Gorgeous Construction, Wonderful Sonics, All-Tube Analog Performance, MM/MC Settings, and Upgraded Power Supply.

Golden Ear Award-Winning Fosgate Signature v2 Phonostage a Perfect Match With Your Analog Source: This Is All About the Sound That Only Comes from Tubes.

World-renowned audio engineer Jim Fosgate worked on the design of the Fosgate Signature v2 all-tube phonostage, his reference phono preamplifier, for more than 30 years. Now, you can benefit for his tireless labor. Fosgate Signature v2 has absolutely no solid-state devices in the signal path. Its switchable moving magnet/moving coil gain settings and variable loading options settings make this component extremely versatile. An upgraded power supply section provides a much lower noise floor, allowing more micro-detail to come forth.

This seven-tube wonder delivers a combination of modern design with retro appeal, and is everything you'd want from an all-tube design: warm and inviting, but with incredible frequency extension and detail retrieval. Its life-like reproduction of voices and instruments give it a stunning sense of realism. This baby throws one hell of a soundstage, too. One doesn't normally expect a product this beautiful, with sound this sumptuous, to come anywhere near this price.

"The gorgeous Fosgate Signature Phonostage is a labor of love. The Fosgate looks like a finely-finished piece of industrial sculpture. Of course the real magic happens when you plug in your favorite cartridge and settle in for a careful listen… the Fosgate offers an uncannily combination of low-level detail, a remarkably low noise floor, evocative microdynamics, and expansive (and downright explosive) macrodynamics. Few phonostages at any price do a better job of handling the often complex and conflicting demands of music, delivering both delicate inner details and muscular dynamics on demand!"
– Chris Martens, The Absolute Sound, Golden Ear Award

"The Fosgate Signature is thoroughly modern in its quiet, detailed and punchy character, while imbuing the music with body and texture that are the unmistakable provenance of tubes. It represents a huge sonic step up for those analog lovers who are using phono stages in the crowded $1000 price range, and it will be an end-of-the-road piece for many sensible vinylphiles."
– Ken Choi, The Audio Beat

"What came as a revelation was the Fosgate’s remarkable ability to handle large-scale variations in dynamics and overall musical complexity, while maintaining consistently high levels of nuance and detail. Together, these qualities give a wonderful sense of freedom, letting you choose whatever music you wish, secure in the knowledge that the Fosgate will neither stumble nor become flustered no matter how complex or demanding the material might be. Three other positive qualities worthy of mention are the Fosgate’s purity of timbre, its effortless soundstaging, and its neutral (yet thoroughly musical) tonal balance."
– Hi-Fi+, Award Winner