TritonAudio FetHead Reviews

Works just as expected!

Bought this little piece of equipment just because I fell in love with the RE-20 mic for saxophone recording. But noticed that sometimes I cranked the preamp up to 75% to get a nice gain with some unfortunate noise as the result. With the Fethead I only need to go at 10% on my Focusrite Clarett. Clean gain, as far as I can tell! Only backside is it connects directly to the mic which makes it kind of vulnerable...

Delivers the goods

Low noise and good amplification. Works like a charm for Shure SM7B that needs this amplification.

It turns my SM7B into a Beast

Title pretty much sums it up.

The gain boost makes a night & day difference on my Shure SM7B.

Comparing it with the same mic but without the FetHead, I'd have to keep my microphone gain on my Scarlett 2i2 on max. volume just to get the same amount of gain that I'd get at around 35-40% with the FetHead on the same interface.

If you have a Shure SM7B and you're looking for that extra gain, I can't recommend the FetHead enough. It's a must have.

Although keep in mind that you can't plug it into the interface, you have to plug it into the microphone directly, otherwise you'll have a lot of noise. Not sure if it's a FetHead thing or a Scarlett thing.

Also, not sure if worth mentioning but since the SM7B is a dynamic microphone, you'll have to turn on Phantom Power on your interface after putting on the FetHead.

Cool feature for your microphone!

Nice, cool sounds behind this thing

Wonderful preamp

I use a dynamic microphone (Shure SM58) with a Steinberg UR22 audio interface. For a normal signal level, I used to have to twist the gain by 80-100%. But thanks to this preamp, I can only turn the gain up by about 50%. Now there is no noise in the recording. That's cool. My rating is 5/5.

Does what it says

It does what it says - a great way to reduce noise and unintended background ambient noise when using a Mic.

A must-have for dynamic and ribbon mics

I use it with all my dynamic and ribbon mics. On some interfaces, especially on scarlett (I use 2i2 2nd gen), I can hear the difference between two SM7B mics, of which only one is attached to a FetHead.

It makes me feel secure knowing that expensive ribbon mics are protected from phantom power, which I did accidentally turn on in the past :(

You can't go wrong with it. There are no buttons. I plug it into my mic, attach an XLR cable and it works.

Some mixers don't allow you to turn on phantom power for each mic input separately. FetHeads make it very easy if you're using a combination of dynamic and condenser mics. Using FetHeads, mics sound better with phantom power.

These are 4 advantages of a FetHead. So far, I haven't found a single disadvantage. In my opinion, this is a must-have item for dynamic and ribbon mics. Of course, you could buy a more expensive alternative, but there is no cheaper one.

If you spend a lot of money on a studio mic, why not add a FetHead which so many recommend?

Great value for your money

Love it! Can't say anything bad about this item. It does the trick!

Perfect solution and sonically invisible

I like to keep these on all my ribbon mics for two reasons: 1. they boost the output of the mic with 20dB without any noise or coloration and 2. they protect your vintage ribbons from accidental phantom power.

I got this in an SM7B bundle and is just what I needed for this mic. With my MOTU M4, I'm able to get a crystal clear signal by turning the gain knob to 45 -50%.

must have for any sm7b owner

just tried on my shure sm7b that runs through a usb soundcard with decent pres (Komplete 6) mainly for recording preproduction stuff.

If you mind to use the sm7b with standard pres conside to use the triton fethead. zero noise. made its job perfectly. now the gain pot is perfectly matched with the mic.

Simplifies dynamic microphones with possible noisey interfaces

I use the triton FetHead with an RE320 - and a scarlett 2i2 - for online teaching (covid means teaching from home). Tried it with a 421, and a 57, and a beyerdynamic mkii, which all respond well.

Really simple to use, plug and play.

Nice clear clean gain boost once phantom power is on

No change to tone detected, but I haven't gotten Forensic with it, the boost in gain means less gain on the preamp, so no noise from lots of gain on the interface, and seems clean with long cable runs - haven't gone beyond 10m cable/run - but I'd trust it, and try it with a longer run, if the need arose.

It's plain and simple, - no features, no buttons or dials or switches,

feels sturdy - not sure how it'd take a knock while in the microphone, (if it took a knock looks like it could damage itself or the microphone) but once it's unplugged it transports easily - very small, could fit in a pocket or a pouch on a backpack, very easily and seems like you could drive over it without any issues.

Very happy I bought it, immediately made me want to buy another - perhaps the germanium one.

Awesome!

Very good build quality, and improves the sound a lot!

Simply works, fixes most issues

Purchased the FetHead to solve the issue of my Audio Interface not providing enough gain, which resulted in a lot of background noise.

Putting the FetHead in between my Shure SM 7 B solved the issue immediately, providing enough gain to have a clear audio signal.

Just works

It is small, inconspicuous and just works. Great for "fixing" audio interfaces with horribly low gain, like a Presonus Firebox and Audiobox.

Before FetHead the XLR inputs were unusable.

Simple and Effective

Dynamic microphones, could only get the level before with the pre-amp gain right up, making fine control difficult as it was sudden-death. But, with the FET-head in the line, got a good signal, and still lots of headroom on the pre-amp and fine control. No messing, no tweaking necessary. Requires phantom power. Excellent purchase

recomendado

used to mic hit hats, extremely satisfied with the quality it has

Love this, better than cloudlifter

I looked at this vs the cloud lifter alternative, it has a very similar noise floor but it's soo small it's very very easy to run inline. A must have for mic's like the SM7b. gorgeous sound, easy to use and doesn't pass through phantom power so al my mics are protected =D

Simple wins

A simple but ingenious solution (paired with my SM7B). A must have for the gain-hungry mic and by far the simplest solution. (Note this is the 'straight' version - not the one with Phantom Power).

If you have an SM7 you cant live without it.

Gives a great deal of extra gain, but if you are here reading this, perhaps you already know it. No noticable noise for me, just helped me not driving my pre-amp crazy.