Anyone have the Fosgate Signature V2 Phonostage?

Thanks, JPerry and Melm, very good information. Right now, I'm running a Sumiko Blackbird(Hi) that has 2.5mV output so should be fine there. With my Jolida JD9 I've rolled the original 12AX7 tubes down to 12AT7s and find it sounds much better with those, could also just be the difference between the stock Tung Sols and the NOS GE 12AT7s, not sure. Some have said the Tung Sols are fine, but I'm not of that opinion after much swapping in and out of each pairs. The Blackbird is to be loaded at 47Kohms, but I find it sounds much more nuanced and clear at the 230ohm setting, all gain switches off through the HI outputs. With the 47Kohm setting, there was harshness and even a bit of audible distortion. Thanks, I will do the search again as I didn't find that discussion when I did so earlier.

Anovak, Did you in any way modify the circuit, when you changed from 12AX7 to 12AT7? Besides affording less gain, the 12AT7 is a very different animal from a 12AX7 in terms of optimal operating parameters. The 12AT7 sounds best with much more current, compared to 12AX7. The good news is that if you've done nothing to the circuit (and if you can live with the reduced gain), you can get better performance from your Jolida by changing a few resistors.

Very good point, Lewm. No, I did not modify the circuit and am thinking that the reduced gain puts me more into the optimal range that the Sumiko Blackbird needs.....just a guess, but I've been looking at the gain values for the different settings and find that about 55dB sounds best. That is with all the gain switches OFF and using the HI output. Tried the LO output at 50 and 65dB gain settings and it just sort of lost luster, which is what much of what I've read corroborates in terms of using that LO output and the attenuation circuit that is in there....can you point me to the resistors that best be changed to get even better performance? Not sure this is still within the parameters of this thread, so sorry if that's the case. Maybe just point me to a link where I can read that info and how to do it? Really appreciate your taking the time to be helpful, thanks.