Launched in early 2022, Exposure Electronics’ reference-level VXN phono stage was created with the serious vinyl enthusiast in mind. Reviewer Ed Selley finds it a “musical joy”.

Exposure’s VXN phono stage is designed to be partnered with the brand’s VXN power supply, forming a two-box set-up in which the sensitive phono circuits are entirely isolated from the power supply circuitry for the lowest possible noise and highest possible performance.

“The absence of noise is notable,” remarks Selley. “Even running at the 64dB gain level, the Exposure is seriously quiet and this has attendant benefits to absolutely everything else that it does.”

Take for example “the manner in which it handles the slow build up of ‘Quail’ on Poppy Ackroyd’s Resolve [One Little Indian]. This is a deceptively simple piece of music – there’s nothing terribly complex about the melody but the unique technique both Ackroyd and Jo Quail bring to playing their instruments leaves it laden with micro detail that the VXN makes apparent”.

Tonal realism is also “consistently good… unforced, natural and completely believable” and “there’s an admirable transparency to the way that the VXN goes about its business too”.

While it’s far more than ‘just’ a rocker, “the VXN is truly sensational when it comes to unpicking Indie rock LPs.
.. if you’ve got a library of angsty guys and girls with guitars it’s not going to struggle”.

In short, it’s “a formidable all rounder. The musical joy that the VXN brings to pretty much everything you play on it and the spread of equipment that it will work happily with at the same time makes this a tremendous device that continues Exposure’s tremendous recent run of form”.

Read Ed Selley’s review in issue 221 (July 2023) of Hi-Fi Plus.

Find out more and track down your nearest UK dealer at www.exposurehifi.com