D.W. Fearn VT-1 Single-Channel Tube Microphone Preamp

The VT-series microphone preamplifiers 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 D.W Fearn VT-1 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.

Features:

• All vacuum-tube design
• Clean and airy high end
• Fat low end
• Unsurpassed warmth, transparency, and musicality
• LoZ input position for superior performance with transformerless mics
• Phase (polarity) reverse switch
• +48 volt phantom power (completely disconnected when off)
• Customdesign Jensen input and output transformers for superb sonics
• 20 dB input pad (switchable)
• True VU meters (amplifier isolated)
• All pointtopoint audio wiring
• High performance, fully regulated power supplies with exceptional reserve
• Gold input and output XLR connectors
• Polypropylene and polystyrene coupling capacitors
• All audio switching through goldcontact, sealed precision relays
• International operation on 100, 120, or 220 VAC, 50/60 Hz
• CE certified, RoHScompliant
• +4 dBm output conservatively rated precision components and rugged construction for stability and long life
• Line level processing with the LP1 Line Padaccessory; single-channel version DW Fearn VT1 also available; direct recording of electric instruments with the; DW Fearn VT3 Vacuum Tube DI or PDB Passive Direct Box