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Pyle PP-999 Phono Turntable Pre-Amp

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
(5 out of 5)

Right Price and it works

Mar 4, 2005 - By Amazon user (Willow Grove, Pa United States)

I bought the preamp to connect my phono turntable to the line in jack on my computer. By adding an RCA to Mini adapter and cable the preamp allowed me to transfer my records to .wav files on my computer. The signal directly from the turntable was to low but adding the preamp gave me plenty of amplitude.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
(5 out of 5)

What more could you ask for?

Jan 8, 2006 - By Randall G. Goodwin (Georgetown, KY, USA)

I've been attempting to move my LP collection to my computer for some time now. I've tried numerious pieces of hardware and software but never got the results I was looking for. I finally decided to scrap everything and go with an inexpensive preamp. I was totally unprepared for the I got. My very first recording was better than anything I had previously recorded. I was so happy after my third attempt that I spent the next several hours recording LP's I hadn't heard in years. Forget the fancy amps, heads, and mixers. This unit will you allow to enjoy the music once again.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
(3 out of 5)

Good basic pre-amp

Sep 10, 2005 - By J. Snyder (Seattle, WA USA)

For the price (note: the shipping price was very high), this pre-amp is quite good. It did what it was designed to do and allowed me to plug my turntable into my PC. However, it didn't provide the same boost quality as I've experienced with higher quality amps. (To be fair, I should note that my cables between the turntable and PC aren't the highest quality, which diminishes the results to some degree.) If you're looking for basic, this is a good deal, but if you want control, get better pre-amp hardware (perhaps XPSound XP201, ART DeeJayPre, or TCC TC-400G/L) which should provide better quality input than allowing it to be software adjusted as required by this unit.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
(4 out of 5)

Don't forget the ground wire

Mar 17, 2007 - By T. Stephenson (Phoenix, Arizona)

When I first hooked up the preamp I experienced an electronic hum. Annoying at low volume. The it dawned on me my old turntable had a ground wire. Loosened a screw on my receiver case and attached. Hum gone! Sounds good to my ears.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
(4 out of 5)

Works well

Aug 10, 2005 - By Karl Konnerth

I was looking for a small pre-amp to rip my LPs into iTunes. I didn't want to haul my amplifier into the office, so hoped this would work fine. It does. Sufficient amplification and the music sounds fine (imported via Griffin iMic using Toast and CD Spin Doctor 2). Now, CD Spin Doctor crashes a lot when editing the tracks, but that's a different story...