Forte 44 Line Preamplifier

Product Description

Forté Audio was the companion line to Threshold,… that being said, much of Threshold’s technology found its way to into the Forte’ product line.The Forté F44 has the build quality that became one of the benchmarks of Threshold. Anything attached to Nelson Pass is of the highest order and the trickle-down effect in this wonderful line stage is real and measurable.

J-fet inputs with FET outputs is the main topology of this unit.

The F44 has completely gold plated rotating switch contacts and signal connectors, will not oxidize and the switch bodies are sealed to prevent entry by dust or other pollutants.

Fully cascaded, DC coupled and biased in “Class A”, the F44 uses a state-of-the-art, completely discrete gain stage with FET inputs. the power supply uses 12,000 Mf of parallel distributed power supply capacitors of a special audio grade from Wima and Elna, manufacturer of world class, ultra low noise components. In addition, the F44 features a separate active regulated power supply for each channel. A separate active regulated power supply is used for the balanced section of the preamp as well. The F44 also employs a custom dual potted transformer with separate windings for analog and control circuitry.

Forte F44 preamp with remote control. The F44 is a class “A” line level preamp with five line-level inputs, one tape loop, one balanced input (internally switchable with jumpers), two preamp outputs and one set of balanced outputs. It was designed with sound and simplicity in mind, just what you need to control volume, balance and source, nothing to get in the way of the music and it doesn’t disappoint.

The F44 is line level only, meaning if you want to hook up a turntable you will need to use an outboard Phono preamp.
Overall this one is in really good shape.