Preamp with germanium harmonics
FetHead Germanium is high quality in-line microphone preamplifier. It provides a punchy and direct, ‘larger than life’ germanium sound for dynamic, ribbon and tube microphones. Sounding full and rich it is reminiscent of much higher priced vintage gear, making FetHead Ge’s desirable coloration a really great addition to (interface) preamps which sound rather neutral. Our FetHead Germanium utilizes tried and true FET technology combined with a hand selected “New Old Stock” Germanium transistor to deliver 29dB’s of germanium flavored boost.
Vintage Flavor
Germanium transistors were widely used in earliest transistor designs by Neve, EMI, Telefunken, and Fairchild, and have developed a reputation for a decidedly vintage mojo that remains sought after today.
We created a novel hybrid circuit that consists of low noise JFETs and a hand-selected ‘new old stock’ germanium transistor to take full advantage of the “Germanium” sound and at the same time achieve the same sonic quality we are known for. A low impedance output buffer provides output drive to long cables.
Protects the microphone
Some older ribbon microphones do not tolerate phantom power. Fethead uses phantom power to power its circuitry, but doesn’t pass phantom power to the microphone, so rest assured your ribbon mics are safe.
We believe in sharing our passion for music and audio electronics. This passion created the base for Triton Audio. Our friendship and different backgrounds in sound engineering, pro audio, and music production resulted in a strong partnership.
We take pride in taking care of you and will always do what it takes to help a customer. Triton Audio provides, from the date of purchase, to the original purchaser, a 24-month limited warranty.
Our products are designed without deadlines and budget limits. We make no compromises on performance and quality. Our products are extremely low maintenance and designed and built to last a lifetime.
Proven hitmaker Philip Magee has been working behind the scenes for more than 17 years, supporting artists like Kodaline, The Script, Gavin James, Miles Kane, The Academic, Wild Youth and many more.
“As you might know, I’m huge fan of Triton Audio, adding a Germanium transistor to the FetHead sounds very exciting.”
“As long time fans of Masters of Reality and the man behind the plan, Chris Goss, we naturally were very proud when we learned he likes our D2O preamp!”
“Our FetHeads are truly indispensable when recording podcasts with dynamic microphones! More gain, better sound!”
