Features All vacuum-tube design Clean and airy high end Fat low end Unsurpassed warmth, transparency, and musicality Lo-Z input position for superior performance with transformerless mics Phase (polarity) reverse switch +48 volt phantom power (completely disconnected when off) Custom-design Jensen input and output transformers for superb sonics 20 dB input pad (switchable) True VU meters (amplifier isolated) All point-to-point audio wiring High-performance, fully-regulated power supplies with exceptional Description Product Description Microphone preamplifiers from D.W. Fearn's VT-series will change the way you think of audio quality. The transparency is astounding. Vocals sound smoother, warmer, more intimate, with a compelling presence. Any microphone and any sound will benefit from the improved clarity, definition, and lack of solid-state artifacts. The VT-1 from tube guru D.W. Fearn recreates the sound of classic tube preamps of the 1960s. Modern components and computer-optimized circuitry, unavailable during the vacuum tube era, elevate this design to a new level of performance. The VT-1 preamplifier was designed for optimal sonic quality, reliability, and durability. Like the best tube equipment of the 1950s and '60s, the VT-1 is built on a heavy-gauge aluminum chassis, utilizing point-to-point wiring. Each vacuum tube is selected for minimum noise and microphonics, and maximum sound clarity. The front panel switches control sealed, gold-contact precision relays for all audio switching, eliminating the possibility of dirty contacts degrading the sound and minimizing the internal audio path. Four class-A triode amplifier sections (in two tubes) in each channel comprise the entire a