Pyle Ultra Compact Phono Preamp - Mini Turntable Preamp for Audio - Guitar, Microphone - RCA Input/Output for Record Player - Receiver - Amplifier - PP444

Easy to install and now I can listen to my records, which sound great! Highly recommend.

Purchased this pre-amp 6 months ago because I my reciever amp lacked the phono section. It works great and I understand any hang up since the name reputation of the product isn’t very good. If you’re like me and you wanted to listen to records but you have a newer AV amp without a phono input this will get you there just fine. Sound is clear, easy to install, small and tucks away so nobody can see it’s a Pyle. I wouldn’t be opposed to buying another in the future

I bought this as a gift for my fiancée's parents to hook up their old turntable to a newish A/V receiver which did not have a phono input. This preamp is a great value and works well. The connectors are clearly labeled and couldn't be easier to set up. The sound quality is very good to untrained ears and acceptable to an audiophile -- for most people, this unit will not be the limiting fidelity factor in their home audio setup. The build quality seems high overall. The metal case and the connectors are very sturdy. I connected the unit with some Monster RCA cables that were lying around and had to use an uncomfortable amount of force to seat the connectors fully, but the unit handled the stress without trouble. I had to add some rubber bumper feet on the underside of the preamp to prevent it from scratching the furniture piece it sits on. Given the sharp edges of the metal case the preamp is built into, I would expect it to come with felt or rubber bumpers for this purpose. A green light indicates that the unit is powered, but there is no on/off switch. For people who are energy-conscious and those who would be distracted by the bright green light in a dark room, this means physically unplugging the wall wart or disconnecting it from the back of the preamp when it's not in use. A physical switch to turn the preamp on and off would have been better. Despite the overall sound quality being good, I can hear a distinct 60Hz hum even with the ground connected to the lead from the turntable and all of the A/V components connected to the same AC circuit. There is no difference between connecting the ground and leaving it disconnected from the turntable ground lead. I am going to investigate other possible sources of the hum in the system, but the fact that it can't be heard from any of the other sources connected to the A/V receiver suggests to me that it is either a problem with the turntable or the preamp.

Read in entirety: I purchased a Technic turntable, old-school, have a complete zone home ent. system, using sonos as well as wired speakers with the HTD control module and amp. I hooked up this system myself, I am very tech savvy, takes alot to stump me... Now that that's out of the way. The turntable I purchased used is a mid to high grade Technic, came with a Pyle preamp that had no ground, turntable did not come with ground wire either, this is important, noted later. I initially connected the turntable to the preamp "in" that I had, not this new one, with no ground, then connected the preamp "out" to my receiver "in", then receiver "out" to my controller "in", no sound and loud annoying hum. I then tried to connect the preamp "out" to my sonos connect "line in" bypassing the receiver, same results, then tried connecting directly to my controller, same results. Researched, completely baffled, did I lose my techi touch? Scratching head, discouraged, defeated? Not on your life! I ordered a factory ground wire for my turntable and this preamp with the ground connection, then... I started all over again preforming the same connections as before but with the turntable ground wire connected, initial loud hum happened, then went away and had dead silence. Scratching head again. NOTE TO THOSE CONNECTING TO RECEIVER OR OTHER THAN AN IN WALL HOME SYSTEM... the most important thing to know, if you connect this preamp and put it too close to an amplifier or other high electric output it will still hum, this needs to be seperated a little bit, keep reading. My final setup is removing my receiver altogether, turntable to "in" on preamp, preamp "out" to sonos connect "in", sonos is connected to controller, ground wire connected to turntable and preamp. Placed preamp next to turntable on shelf above controller and amplifier, only about 6 to 8 inches apart but shelf appears to add a buffer. Everything on, no hum, but no sound. Tilting head questioning again, more googling. For my system, my controller controls the volume up and down not the music source, I had to put the sonos sound level for the line in to 10, auto delay to medium, autoplay on to include grouped rooms but turned off autoplay volume, this makes it so music will start once the needle hits the vinyl, line out level is pass through because I have a controller, and wala, sound. Now it will play on my sonos without me using my HTD controller but it won't hit my wired speakers in group until I turn that on but when I do it all works. IMPORTANT GROUND WIRE and PREAMP NOTE... If you have a turntable that has a built in preamp you should not need this, read up on your system as some newer ones have one built in and it's a matter of flipping a switch on the turntable. If you have an old school turntable you are trying to connect to newer technology you most likely will need this AND the ground wire, the ground wire helps to disperse the bad waves to a non audible source and keeps the good sound going where it should, to simplify the why, if you do not ground your turntable you could still have a hum. Some turntables have a ground screw or plug in connection located where the red and white are plugged in, some ground points are on the under bottom of the turntable, I've seen some where you have to open the turntable to get to it, research your turntable if it has a ground point, if it does anywhere and you still have a hum, connect a ground and place the preamp away from high electric output sources. Enjoy your tunes. Good luck!

Worked perfectly as an adapter from my record player to either my speaker or Bluetooth adapter

I needed the pre-amp to connect speakers and my old turntable. These worked perfectly once I purchased the correct RCA audio cords needed to connect the preamp to the speakers.

Bought this to go with my first turn-table and returned it within a week! It turns out records are not pressed with a flat EQ, an industry-standard equalization is applied as a form of compression. Then a phono pre-amp is supposed to apply the mirror RIAA Equalization, to offset that and bring back the original balance. This pre-amp does NOT apply RIAA Equalization, making records virtually unlistenable, which calls into question why this product exists (and still exists 10 years later). In addition to being unlistenable, there was a very loud hum in the line. Worse, if I turned up the the volume a little this Pyle was clearly receiving an FM radio station. I replaced the Pyle with a "ART DJPREII Phono Preamplifier" that has worked well ever since. FWIW that was 2014 and I'm just typing the review 10 years later, since Amazon asked. However this was memorably a Pyle of shi* and probably the only thing I've ever returned to Amazon on the basis of a flawed design making it useless for it's intended purpose.

Just what I was looking for. I have an old Technics mag cartridge turntable, been sitting in storage for about 20 years. Pretty much all "good quality" stereo turntables were magnetic cartridge "back in the day" of the 70's to 90's. I also pulled out of storage my old set of 100 or so LP vinyl albums, and decided to set this up and play them on my home theater for a holiday party treat. I was shocked that of the two new receiver/amplifiers I have in the house, neither of them had a mag phono input. They both had a "phono" input, but not for mag phono's, because you can't hear the turntable using the input - exactly what happens if the receiver input doesn't have a special pre-amp for mag phonographs. This came in on time, and as advertised. Worked perfectly to boost the volume of my mag turntable so I could plug it into my receiver and get normal volume. I was a bit concerned if there might be a hum, but this has a ground screw, and magnetic cart turntables have ground wires because they are so low in volume, so properly connecting the ground from turntable to this box to back of receiver and it was super quiet. I recommend this if you have an old turntable and find that you can't hear it when plugging it into any newer receiver - I can imagine a lot of people are confused when they find an old "hand me down" turntable doesn't seem to work and you can't hear the volume on newer receivers - end up throwing the mag turntable away if they don't know why! They need one of these!

Lo compré pq dejó de funcionar el preamp de mi tornamesa, pero la verdad que conectándolo todo correctamente mejoró bastante el sonido de mis discos, el sonido es más nítido con menos ruido de fondo, y por el precio es un producto que funciona muy bien, es pequeño y fácil de conectar y te dan 3 años de garantía. No esperen un sonido espectacular pero funciona super bien, lo recomiendo si no tienes mucho presupuesto pero quieres mejorar tu setup ligeramente.

I bought this device on July 14 2014. It has worked flawlessly ever since to boost my vintage 1981 Technics turntable signal to a modern receiver with no preamp on board. Excellent sound and no interference noise at all. My vinyl collection is played regularly thanks to this little preamp.

Pleased with this product as it did what I brought it for. After buying a new hi-fi system, my record deck did not give any sound output. I needed a pre-amp to supply the amplifier and this item did the job excellently.

Chegou antes do prazo e funcionando perfeitamente,muito bom pré-amplificador .

Great item