Anyone have the Fosgate Signature V2 Phonostage?


Anyone here have this phonostage and if you do, how do you like it? How does it sound? I have a Jolida JD9 right now and am considering this as an upgrade. Do you think that would be the case and if so, why?

Appreciate any and all feedback!
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I ordered one mid December. It replaced an Acurus P-10. It sounded OK right out of the box, but I was not blown away. After about 20 hours I began to notice the sound stage bloomed big time. Detail is excellent. I have not changed any tubes, still listening with the stock tubes. I have 60 days to decide whether or not to keep it. Bad thing for me is no way to hear other stages side by side. If I decide to send it back, my search starts over. Turntable is Basis 1400. Micro Benz cartridge. Von Schweikert Audio VR4SR speakers.
I have the Foz v2. Mine is 2 years old.
The closeout price on Musicdirect makes it a best buy.
I had to negotiate to get that same price. Now you can get it without the haggle.

Just know it's no longer in production, but you will get full support in the event of a warranty issue from the distributor-Musical Surroundings.

The Jolida is probably a fine unit but you'll hear a night and day difference. The Foz clearly a step above.
Here's Foz info:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1268428214&read&keyw&zzfosgate

http://www.avsforum.com/forum/173-2-channel-audio/1357153-fosgate-signature-all-tube-phono-preamp.html

Stock it sounds good. It can be nudged to greatness with tube/power cord tweaking.
Thanks, folks, really appreciate the feedback. Still pondering though.....any more thoughts?
I owned one and it is a very good phono stage. I moved on to a Art Audio Vinyl One from there, and then to an Aesthetix Rhea Signature.

A good choice, especially for the price, unless you are going to use very low output MC cartridges such as the Denon DL-S1.
I have had one for about 5 weeks and I love it. It is US made, unlike the Jolida, so its value may not be quite as high. It replaced a really fine solid state unit, and as the saying goes I want to listen to all my records again. With the right record it offers a large and DEEP sound stage, beautiful instrumental textures and it is completely unfazed by the loudest and most complex musical material. The tubed power supply provides whatever is called for.

Just a few cautions.

The Foz is a tube unit with no solid state devices in the signal path. It uses 6 tubes (+ a rectifier) to give it 3 gain stages. No transistor, no SUT. The max gain is only 60 db. A s/n ratio is not published. Compare that to your Jolida. I use it with a Shelter that has .4mV output and that is about as low as I think one should go in cartridge output with the Foz. I hear tube rush close to the speakers, but nothing to annoy me at the listening distance.

So far I have not rolled tubes. Actually they give you an extra tube that will change the sound somewhat, but I have not used it yet. It is easy to tube roll the Foz as you don't need matched tubes; each tube handles both L and R signal; you need quiet, balanced tubes. But tube rolling can be expensive if you let yourself go.

There is an extensive discussion on Audiogon. Do a search. Also look at the discussion on audioaficianado.org.