Pyle PP-999 Phono Turntable Pre-Amp

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But when I found it, I ordered it, and had it plugged in 3 days later. At first, I didn't know that I needed one of these to use my old turntable with my new amplifier. For once, a simple fix for a potentially difficult electronic issue.

This unit is nice and small.Easy to install although it was tricky.I had a buzz at first but decided to try and hook up the extra wire that runs with the turntable.I hooked it up to the chasy of the preamp and it was dead quiet.All was good from there.It would have been nice if it had some adjustability as the turntable sound was lower than the tuner and CD.Overall I was still satisfied.

I looked for a new amp with phono inputs, but the few available are all big $$$ items - and I begrudge it the real estate and more complex wiring it would bring to my system. So when I finally found this little baby which boosts the phono level to match what is expected by the other inputs on the amp - it was just the ticket at minimal cost or extra complexity or wiring. Finally the old amp I have been using for phono records died - and the new(er) amp I use for all my other stereo and TV needs does not have a suitable impedance/level to accept phono input. And it does the job perfectly.

Don't forget to ground the turntable to the metal chassis of your computer or you will hear a 60 HZ hum in everything.Record and convert to MP3's using the free Audacity 1.35 recorder and LAME MP3 converter and you have a better combination than the $60.00 boxes that come with a neutered version of Nero, and it's much cheaper than buying a new USB Turntable. Plug your turntable into the pre-amp and the pre-amp into the back of your sound card. I bought this to record LP's to my computer for conversion to MP3's. It works great.

It amplifies the sound but there is a lot of humming and noise that it makes in the process. Its not the stereo, its brand new, but it could be the record player. Like I said It gets the job done. I don't think so because it worked on the phono input of my old stereo.Like I said it works but I might invest in something a little nicer to crank up the old Whitesnake vinyl with.