Tuurd Fony in the stack

I have two turntables and two Schiit Mani phono stages. That means two line outputs and one path into the rest of the system, so I need a switcher.

The one I had worked, but it looked terrible stacked on the Manis.

Old switcher on the Mani stack

My Modi 2 died. The DAC was toast, but the case was fine — same Schiit mini chassis as the Manis. So I emptied it and turned it into a two-input line switcher.

Empty Modi 2 chassis

Parts laid out

How it works

It is a passive A/B switch: two stereo inputs, one stereo output, one front toggle. Six RCA jacks on the back, switch on the front. Internals are hand-wired twisted pair with star grounding.

I drilled the case for the new jacks, stripped the silver finish with an abrasive strip wheel, and painted it — black lid, red chassis — so it matches the stack.

Casework

Finished front

Rear panel with six RCA jacks

It sits on the Manis between the decks. Flip the toggle to pick which turntable is live.

Tuurd Fony in the stack