PYLE PP444 - Ultra Compact Phono Turntable Preamp

It worked well for my application!

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Very good

I purchased this is a replacement for a more expensive unit that didn't work very well. My hopes were up but my expectations were limited. This unit exceeded both, great buy.

I bought a Victrola Phonograph. Knowing nothing about Bluetooth, I expected this Victrola to be capable of external Bluetooth speakers. It was not. Bluetooth in Victrola was a receiver only. I needed to first add the PreAmp, then an Aluratec Bluetooth sender. I bought a Bluetooth speaker from WalMart and was able to pair them. Now I have a remote speaker for my Victrola. No problem of any kind with the PreAmp. The PreAmp plugged directly into the RCA jacks on the rear of the Victrola. And the Aluratec plugged into the PreAmp.

It works great, no hum, no noise, easy to hook up, it has a blue pilot light and is powered so I just pull the small plug when I'm finished listening to records, other then that works great, too bad it does not have 2 inputs for dual turntables, can't have it all! If your thinking about it, do it. You'll be happy.

This is a great stopgap if you dont want to spend money on a more powerful preamplifier. It would also be useful for simply testing an older player through a newer receiver. Once it was connected it works great, but the output leaves something to be desired. I would only just barely call it loud, even with my stereo cranked all the way up. For the price I paid I'm pleased.

Not great. Since you are grounding the turntable to this little device, you would then expect that the board, or case, or anything else would be grounded. NOPE. There is an obvious background hum that exists at louder playback. Granted, I'm probably pushing this thing to the limit, but it should not be there. So, I added a real wired ground to where the board meets the case. Fixed the hum, GONE. I then got everything back together in my stereo stack and the last thing is to plug back in, is the flatscreen. Well, after doing that, every few seconds I could hear a data signal through my aux input. The stupid pre-amp was picking up on my TV's internet hunting signal. The data signal was even louder and more distracting than the hum. Back in the day devices like this would have internally grounded shield plates. They weren't great against modern digital data signals, but better than nothing. Does this device have that shielding, or any shielding at all, NO. So, I had to build a grounding shield plate into the board. Three hours of troubleshooting and repair for what is intended as a three minute plug and play device. At one point I almost considered going back to the faulty internal phono pre-amp of my receiver, bacause even while broken it didn't have the hum or shielding issues. It's sad the state of modern components.

Soon as you turn up the volume there is a loud buzz. Take my advice spend the extra money get something better. I had to.

I have a newer turntable with a vintage receiver. It plays at lower volume than my other components. I was hoping this would do the trick, but it only caused noisy static.