Tubes, schmubes. Who needs tubes when you have an insane, fully discrete, solid state preamp running on 64V rails—something so over the top that the likes of this haven’t been seen for 30+ years. Welcome to Kara F, the do-all Nexus™ preamp from Schiit Audio.

Nexus, Elevated. Literally.
Yes, literally. Kara F’s +/-32V rails put our differential Nexus™ topology over the top, making it capable of swinging near 100V on the balanced output, and contributing to the best-performing, best-measuring preamp we’ve ever made—near -120dB THD+N from the XLRs.

Forkbeard™: Total Control is Just the Start
Kara F includes Forkbeard, the only multi-product, multi-stack, unified control system. One iOS app gives you total control of Kara (and many other Schiit devices). Don’t want Forkbeard? Drop it off your order and save $50. You’ll still get the standard IR remote control.

Smart Headphone Capability, Standard
You shouldn’t have to buy a dedicated headphone amp if you only use headphones occasionally. But that also doesn’t mean a cheapie op-amp headphone amp; it means the same discrete gain stage used for Kara’s outputs, coupled with a smart protection system that guards against headphone mishaps.

The Ultimate Volume Control
Kara F includes a 128-step relay-switched attenuator, rather than a traditional potentiometer. This means essentially perfect channel matching and near-unmeasurable distortion. You can also run the relay potentiometer as a purely passive attenuator, with no gain stage at all in the path. It’s your choice.   

Designed and Built in the USA
By “designed and built in the USA" this is what we mean: the vast majority of the total production cost of Kara F—chassis, boards, transformers, assembly, etc—goes to US companies manufacturing in the US. Our chassis and transformers are made in California, and PCBs are California or Nevada. The whole thing comes together in our San Antonio, Texas production facility.

5-Year Warranty and Easy Return Policy
Kara F is covered by a 5-year limited warranty that covers parts and labor. And if you don’t like your Kara, you can send it back for a refund, minus 5% restocking fee, within 15 days of receiving it.