Manley Labs - Manley 'Steelhead' Reference Phono-Stage

* Now Includes Wireless Remote Volume Control!* 

To quote Scot Markwell of The Absolute Sound: "This is, and by a good margin, the finest phono-amplifier I have ever heard, in my system or anyone else's." We couldn't agree more. The Steelhead completely redefines what is possible in the arena of vinyl playback and music reproduction in general. It is also the most flexible phono-preamp ever designed. It will work with the lowest-output moving coil and the most robust moving-magnet cartridges. And its front panel impendence and capacitive loading options can be set "on-the-fly" while listening to your favorite recordings. Michael Fremer of Stereophile, who just purchased the Steelhead as his long-term reference, had this to say: "Overall, the Steelhead delivered the best vinyl playback I've heard from my system. It combined speed, frequency extension, resolution, harmonic structure, focus, air, stage depth, image specificity, and, most important, overall musical coherence in a way that made music seem to fly from the speakers unrestrained by mechanical or electrical bounds."

PREAMP OF THE YEAR 2004 - The Absolute Sound
"A Golden Ear Award winner this year, Manley Labs' Steelhead is one of the great preamps. Ostensibly a phonostage, the Steelhead also has a pair of line-level inputs (and the freshly caught Skipjack switcher lets you add more) that allows you to use it as your main preamp. Which is what you'll want to do, as the Steelhead is one of the quietest, most detailed, and highly musical preamps out there." - Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound, February/March 2005