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For the money, this product far exceeded my expectations. Providing two types of outputs and the amplification needed to convert those old albums to a output level that I could accurately recorded them with my computer's sound card. Converted 2 dozen albums now and people tell me they like the sound better then the original CD pressings.

The Rolls VP29 hooked up easily and works great. The fact that it has RCA as well as headphone jack outputs is a great feature, and RIAA curve adjustment for optimal sound quality coming from your record player. I also liked that it has a screw for my record player to be grounded to - a feature that not all preamps I've looked at had.
All together a failry good looking (in a techie way), compact design that most importantly sounds great.
*update* hooked up the VP29 directly to my line-in jack on my laptop (MacBook Pro) and got a clean, full digital copy of my vinyl - beautiful. Great buy so far.

This phono preamplifier worked well enough to allow me to access 33 LP records being played on my Dual record player. Since the Dual record player was just the player, i.e. no preamplifier, my record collection was virtually useless to me. The Rolls VP29 is a good product at a good price.

...just plug it in and listen to your vinyl through any receiver without a phono jack. My vinyl collection has never sounded as good as it does now through my new Sony system. I don't have the software to use the preamp to convert vinyl to mp3, but I hope to work on that soon. From what other reviewers are saying that also seems to work well with this little preamp. I wanted to get the Rolls tube preamp instead of this one, but it was a bit pricey. I'm glad that I didn't decide to shell out the extra cash, becasue this little guy does the trick just fine. Reccomended.

I dont have anything to compare this too. But I have a Harman Kardon avr 330 H.K. dvd 22 Infinity primus 360 speakers infinity alpha sub and a sansui turntable with ortofon super 10 cartridge and about $1000.00 worth of cables hooking it all up bought this to get me by until I can afford a tube phono stage (bought this system piece by piece over about 4 years)
Sound is clear and good. but like I said I have no way of compareing it to anything but Im sure its better than a thirty dollar radio shack unit. build quality seems good solid mettle with a green led power indicator on the front, which does not turn off by the way gold plated outputs, and an oversized finger turnable ground plate for turntable. if you looking for an enixpensive better than plastic radio shack unit this is it.