TritonAudio FetHead 5-stars Reviews

Great for boosting a SM7b or ribbon microphones.

Sounds as good as the Cloudlifter to my ears and gets the job done at a much lower price. Note that if you plug it directly in the microphone it will protrude in an awkward way, but that can easily be solved by putting a short XLR cable in between. Still better than the big clunky box of the Cloudlifter.

Great work from TritonAudio

Ultra low noise as described. Works great with the SM7B.

I highly recommend FetHead for use with any mic and preamp combination for the extra boost!

When using either a Shure SM7B into an Audient ID4 interface, I was having issues getting the gain high enough without introducing terrible amounts of hiss into the equation while doing some voiceover work. Adding the FetHead into the mix allowed me to back way off of the gain side as well as the output level and get pure, clean sound with little to no hiss. Great little device that can give clarity and gain for your mic.

Very good preamp for that price. You can easily plug it or unplug it for the road.

Sounds good!

A very good aquisition for dynamic/ribbon microphones! The unique thing that I am recommending to you is to connect the unit with 2 xlr cables, I personally don't like the direct mount methode...More class with 2 cables...

Does what its supposed to do!

I use this for my SM7B to increase the incoming gain, i dont see any cons with this device, though some people say that it changes the tone of the microphone but i have no way of confirming this. To me it sounds great. One of the pros is definitely the price compared to other devices that do the exact same job.

Very very good

Absolutely no loss of quality and a good boost in volume. Exactly what I expected.

Bang for your buck

Use this with the shure sm7b. Gives a nice clean gain!

Even though some youtube videos say you don't need it when you have a decent audio interface. With my behringer 404, it really is needed. Without this preamp, I have to crank it fully open and it still isn't loud enough.. (Also with full gain and no fethead, I do get noise! )

So this is the most cost efficient solution I've found!

Another benefit to other options is it's size. Portable, not in your way.

Made for the SM7B

This guy and my SM7B are a match made in heaven.

I used to have to crank my gain for my SM7B and was always getting noise from the pre but not anymore!

Consider getting this if you have a low output mic like an SM7B or a ribbon mic because unless you have a quiet pre (ie, expensive), chances are you could be getting noise that you could easily reduce

Getting +25 dB Gain with RODE Procaster + Rodecaster Pro

Before I had the TritonAudio Fethead connected to my Rode Procaster microphone, I had to set the pre-amp gain to + 35 dB on my Rodecaster Pro interface. Now with the Fethead between the mic and the audio interface, I have the gain set to just 10 dB. Overall the sound quality is virtually the same. I can barely hear the Noise Gate activation with the Fethead attached, however the EIN floor is -130 dBu with the Fethead, as opposed to the Rodecaster Pro EIN of -125 dBu. Therefore, I have slightly better SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) as the signal is stronger at lower pre-amp gain, plus the noise floor is lower, by around 5 decibels. The sound quality is extremely clean when recorded directly into my computer using Adobe Audition. So, I am very pleased with this product - it improves my input noise and means that I need very little audio interface gain to get a decent sound output.

Useful and inexpensive

I use it with Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 for boosting any dynamic mic without adding noise. I can't hear any difference in sound with it, it just increase gain. Totally recommend it.

What a tremendous invention.

I love this, it is simply awesome what it does. And in such a small package. Makes it much more fun to use my Ribbon mics now

Does the job and is brilliant with a Shure SM7B

I got this to lift the gain on my shure SM7B. It does what it's meant to and makes the SM7B a brilliant studio mic -with all that I would want from a good studio condensor mic, while retaining the isolation of the really good dynamic mic that it is. The fethead was so satisfactory I have now bought a second one to go with my other SM7B.

It needs phantom for the fethead but does not pass the phantom power on to the mic itself so proects that.

It does the job.

It does as advertised : it makes whatever you plug in louder.

There's no noticeable sound difference, it's just louder.

You can even let it plugged in your SM7B (which is probably why you want to buy this thing) and forget about it.

In case you were wondering : this + a cheap focusrite or a presonus works just fine with an SM7B

awesome quality

This little thing came so well packed from the guys that make it in Netherlands :) It sits in a special cardboard cylindrical box and then it sits inside this, in a small miniature pouch. It is not too heavy but not too lightweight too. It sits in the back of my dynamic Rode Procaster microphone and it does its job really well. With this on the mic, then the cable, then my soundcard (Focusrite Scarlett 6i6), I have to rise the volume on the microphone channel up to 60% to get a good noise-to-ratio signal so my voice would sound good.

It requires phantom power from the soundcard (or your mic preamp if you have one), and it's really really clean (no noise).

If you have dynamic microphones this is very useful

Use: For Boosting the output of dynamic and ribbon mics by up to 27db

It does this well in a small form factor that's easy to carry

and fits almost anywhere

it's also well made being made almost entirely out of metal

Pros: works as it should without negatively affecting the sound

Great with dynamic mics that need lots of gain Shure sm57/58 and sm7b etc.

Cons: while it increases the gain without negatively changing the sound it's only as good as the equipment you use with it, it is not a preamp upgrade it only gives the preamps you have more gain range

Overall: i would recommend it

Perfect

For this price is really perfect. Absolutely does its job to increase the initial level. Highly recommended!

say bye bye to noise

This small amplifier give you the best from your quiet microphone - must have! Warmly recomending this prodicts for use with Shure SM-7B

Very satisfied!!

Fantastic low noise pre-amp in compact package!! Very helpful!

Great amplifier

Does exactly what it says it does in a fantastic form factor. I have tried it on my Shure SM57, Shure PGA48 and Superlux PRA 628 MKII. Recordings are crisp and vocals are significantly less noisy now. I record through a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 1st gen.