Tim
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2020
Have a great amplifier, but it does not have the internal preamp to hook up a phonograph. Did not want to buy a new amplifier. This solved the issue. Never realized these were even available, much less existed, until I was browsing Amazon and saw exactly what I needed. I’m back enjoying my vinyl collection. Good Quality and well made.
R. A. Brown
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2017
This is a piece of crap and failed after several uses - terrible hum in output. Impossible to get money back. Sorry I wasted my time. Threw in trash. Ended up buying an Audio Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct Drive Professional Turntable (not cheap) instead of trying to use my old Technics turntable which has old fashioned phono output; and for my iMac bought Vinyl Studio to digitize old records. Old turntable also now in trash.
John Turner
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2017
Good quality construction and sound quality is very good. LPs sound clear and warm, just like I remember and like you would expect. The added bonus of the AUX port is great as music from my phone has that same nice warm sound as well. Have not tried the USB digital output yet, but will at some point soon.
The Phone Wizard
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2017
I have this unit hooked to an old DUEL 1009 turntable with a mono cartridge. I am using it to digitize my dads Jazz collection which he amassed over 400 78 RPM records before world war 2. It works great with Vinyl Studio software.
GCozz
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2016
It's a solidly built little preamp - works great. As others have noted, must push gain all the way up for Phono input. Not sure if I can hear a difference vs. my main receiver/amp, but again, works well, doesn't generate much (if any) heat, so I don't worry about leaving in on most of the time.
giannitufolli
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016
This is a great product! The "Technolink TC-756USB RIAA Moving Magnet Phono Preamp with AUX Input and USB (Computer) Output" works just as advertised. Mine came via 2-Day delivery even though I didn't ask for it. I have the preamp hooked up to my Technics SL-Q3 turntable and to my Mac Pro computer. It works and sounds just perfect. The construction is solid with a classic look to it. Its small size is barely noticeably on my desk. I'm using Audio Hijack from Rouge Amoeba as my software interface and recording utility. I couldn't be happier with this Technolink preamp. It has another input port for a second device which I will soon use to hook up my old cassette deck to it. The soft button switch on the front panel makes it easy to switch between sources. This is the one to buy!
Ronald H. Altman
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2015
Works great and easy to use. Converts vinyl records and cassettes to mp3s. Able to listen to records and tapes while recording. Really can boost up the input sound while recording. It is a great replacement for my old stereo receiver which no longer works!
Aquanaut
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2015
The unit arrived with a dead (zero volts) power supply. I sent an email to phonopreamps.com and explained the DOA power supply. They replied by sending me a replacement power supply the next business day, priority mail, at no cost to me. I received the supply within a few days. So kudos for quickly replacing a bad supply with a "pretested" supply.On to an evaluation of the preamp: it has a phono input sensitivity of 3.0 mV (millivolts). Most moving magnet cartridges will supply at least 3 mV. I was using a high output moving coil cartridge of 2.5 mV. The 3 mV is only required for 100% output of the preamp. 2.5 mV would give me 83% of max output. This worked out just fine. I was able to get excellent *.wav and *.mp3 music files using Audacity as the input program for my laptop's USB input using Windows 8.1. The music sounded better on my high end home stereo system than the equivalent store bought CD of the same song, which is expected with vinyl records. The RIAA equalization seemed to be doing its job.