It’s a phonostage in a couple, or three, drain pipes. Actually it’s four phonostages. Confused? We'll explain. But first why would we do this? Because entirely too many people have said our phonostages are too expensive and out of their price range. It bothers us that people are doing without quality vinyl reproduction because it's out of their price range. Since we have done a few things in drain pipe that have proven very successful then why not do a phonostage in a drain pipe? -performance without the extra cost of expensive cosmetics.
How did we design it? Simple, take the input stage of the BC703, combine it with the output stage and RIAA equalization circuit of the BC707 wrap it in a brass sheild inside a 2" ABS pipe. Sounds simple but it actually took a little more work than that but this is an easy to understand version of the story.
Now to unfuzzify the confusion. Fon Lo Thingee comes in four different combinations. They are upgradeable from the basic to the top. Here are the combinations starting from the basic model...
First, the Fon LO Thingee all by itself. It's just a paper weight without one of the four power supply combinations.
input end output end
Input end - The two extra jacks are for loading plugs. Little baby blue dip switch is for gain settings. The wing nut wingee dingee is the ground post for the turntable ground.
Output end - The XLR jack is the DC power input.
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Fon LO Thingee with basic power supply.
Fon Lo Thingee with Biggie Pipe power supply.
Fon Lo Thingee with basic power supply and SP Capacitor Pack
Fon Lo Thingee with Biggie Pipe power supply and SP Capacitor Pack.
The Biggie Pipe power supply has 88,000uF capacitance inside that pipe. The SP Capacitor Pack has more than three times the Biggie Pipe's power supply capacitance. This is one big step to ensure the Fon Lo Thingee has almost the best possible power supply. Yes almost, we can always make a bigger power supply. It’s all depends how much it costs.
Did we mention we use locking XLR jacks and plugs to connect DC power to make sure there is no misconnection? Unlike most other equipment this price range which uses little slide in DC plugs.
You can ask us how it sounds. You can check out the BC forum for some comments. The Fon Lo Thingee is light enough you can ask your dealer to send you a unit for home demo. Then you don’t have to ask or guess how it sounds. | 
