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Review on 🎡 Enhance Your Vinyl Listening Experience with the ART DJPREII Phono Preamplifier by Tim Beardsley

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The Wicked Witch is dead!

I can only say wow! I have a bunch of money (5-10 grand) hooked up to my audio system including a nice Denon S930 HEOS receiver. The weak link was always that player. Even though my really good Ortofon cartridge cost almost as much as a turntable, I could only crank it up to about 40% before the hum/hum in the speaker drivers caused me a lot of pain. This little miracle eliminated all of that completely. I still hear every high and low noise, crackle and crackle, but no annoying background noise. The capacitive switch isn't a big deal in my system, the adjustable preamp gain works best at -1 (my normal listening level) but is easy to adjust so it doesn't clip and has a useful effect at higher power levels. green to red LED indicates clipping (if you can't hear it). I use the included low pass filter. As others have said, the blue LED is way too bright, but I can live with that. For the price and performance I would buy it again without hesitation. My vinyl finally sounds the way it should, at the right level of performance it deserves! If you have the same problems, buy it. I don't think you will find a better product at a better price.

Pros
  • Power supply: 12VDC (adapter included)
Cons
  • Vulgarity