I'll tell you what... even without any modifications or changing the tubes, this little $60 gem stuns me. 2M Blue on the table, 1972 Pioneer receiver, and I've never heard my records sound so alive, so full of presence. I might not have the most discerning ears, but this product made a definite difference... enough to the point where I'd never go back to the built-in phono stage. I seriously can't recommend this enough..... so much glee for the price of a couple Big Mac Meal Deals.
Awesome man! I think that's amazing that you can switch out stuff to enhance the sound! Much love brotha man. Also, I hope your stuff gets to you safe and before Christmas 😁
@@PiecesofVinyl The op-amps in the photo on the Fosi product page do indeed look soldered, but there is a line of text over the photo that reads "replace with DIP8 dual discrete op-amps…" But since this is a very new product, maybe 1) the replaceable op-amps were left out of the shipping product, and the promotions department didn't get the memo (correct photo, wrong text, or 2) the replaceable op-amps *are* in the shipping product, and the promotions department didn't get the memo (wrong photo, correct text. I guess the only way to find out is for somebody to pop one open *…cough… you…* and check whether it's pinned or soldered.
I'll tell you what... even without any modifications or changing the tubes, this little $60 gem stuns me. 2M Blue on the table, 1972 Pioneer receiver, and I've never heard my records sound so alive, so full of presence. I might not have the most discerning ears, but this product made a definite difference... enough to the point where I'd never go back to the built-in phono stage. I seriously can't recommend this enough..... so much glee for the price of a couple Big Mac Meal Deals.
Considering getting this or a mani 2.
Awesome man! I think that's amazing that you can switch out stuff to enhance the sound! Much love brotha man.
Also, I hope your stuff gets to you safe and before Christmas 😁
Got it today. Im holding off on opening it though. We will see if I can last until Xmas! 🎄
@@PiecesofVinyl 🤣🤣🤣 much love brotha man. Merry Christmas
Power supply is probably linear, and not switch mode (a big transformer block inside)
I don’t think you can swap op amps in this unit. The op amps don’t appear to be socketed op amps
I got some wrong information then!
@@PiecesofVinyl The op-amps in the photo on the Fosi product page do indeed look soldered, but there is a line of text over the photo that reads "replace with DIP8 dual discrete op-amps…" But since this is a very new product, maybe 1) the replaceable op-amps were left out of the shipping product, and the promotions department didn't get the memo (correct photo, wrong text, or 2) the replaceable op-amps *are* in the shipping product, and the promotions department didn't get the memo (wrong photo, correct text. I guess the only way to find out is for somebody to pop one open *…cough… you…* and check whether it's pinned or soldered.
Dont be surprised if this performs far better than so called Hi end..