Behringer PP400 Ultra-Compact Phono Preamp for Turntables with RCA and TRS Outputs

After reading both the positive and negative reviews for this product, I was a somewhat cautious and proceeded to order with some trepidation. I had looked at much higher end phono pre-amps which all had pros and cons, especially with hum being a massive negative across the board. So I eventually bit the bullet and plumped for the PP400 as the price was low enough for me to swallow in case it didn’t live up to my expectations. As soon as the product arrived I hooked it up to my Technics SL1200MK2 and bridged it to my Denon M38 DAB, ensuring the 1200’s ground wire was connected. Upon connecting any hum immediately disappeared, I even turned the system up to full volume, tapping the plinth of the deck for some feedback or resonance, only to hear nothing! Suffice to say that my initial concerns were uncalled for and the sound quality was amazing. The line conversion is only a couple of decibels quieter than the CD output on my device, which I’m fine with. Bass and treble is extremely adequate and more than competes with both CD and USB sound sources. Some have said that this device lacks certain dynamics when compared to products 3-4 times more expensive, but my ears say that the PP400 sounds just fine! Of course my opinion is subjective, but I’m sure most will find this a perfectly good product. Only the purist audiophiles will find fault with this because they are listening to their hardware and not the music. Over all I am more than pleased with the PP400 and feel no desire to upgrade it to a more expensive pre amp as I know this does the job extremely well.

Does its job very well considering the reasonable price.

I bought this as I have a couple of active speakers and a Pro-ject turntable. Whilst my speakers have a phono-in, my room layout doesn't allow the short Pro-ject wires to reach.I bought a pre-amp to allow me to extend the distance with RCA line cables.This pre-amp has been great so far. It's reduced ground noise and provides a great volume with lots of room to turn it up or down.Unfortunately, this pre-amp doesn't have an on-off switch which can be frustrating when you don't use your setup often. A volume knob would also be useful.However, for the price, this pre-amp does everything I need it to do and does it very well. Other than the couple of 'nice-to-haves', I couldn't have asked for a better device

This pre-amp is of good quality both in build quality and sound quality, far better than the amp built into my Audio Technica turntable. It has an earth conection that a record turntable needs but it does nothing as it's 12 volt power supply is not earthed leading to hum at moderate volume levels. To easily fix this connect a good quality length of insulated wire to the earth pin of a spare three pin plug after removing the fuse as it is not needed. The other end of the wire connect to the earth lug on the Behringer together with the earth from the turntable. The socket the plug is plugged into does not even need to be switched on as the earth is always connected, it is not routed via the switch so it is perfectly safe.

Was a toss up between the Behringer and the Pro-ject phono box but at half the price I thought "can't be half as bad, surely". And I was right, the sound quality is very good. It's also plug and play simple and connects my turntable (that has no built in stage) to my PC and then back to my amp.It works, it works well and it's reasonably priced. Now I look at £200 phono amps and think "really!?", the audiophile crowd might just be being played...

Works great. Good price. Earth connector seems to be just that. A connector. Doesn't seem to earth component. Would be hard to with just a 2 core 12v supply. Need to connect record player to earth screw, then wire to another earth source say amp. Terrible buzzing otherwise.

Pre-amp works well between my record deck and amplifier. Sound quality seems good. Only problem, an on/off switch would be useful.

This is a great product and excellent value for money.I recently changed my turntable from one that had a built in preamp to a vintage model that did not. I was a little sceptical of this one because the price seemed low but read reviews from a variety of sources which were all very positive. So I decided to go with it.I can only agree with the positive reviews. I run my turntable through a Cambridge Audio A1 amp with Wharfdale speakers and the turntable sounds great - much better than the previous one with the built in preamp. The setup is really easy - the unit is surprisingly small and simply takes the RCA cables and ground connection from your turntable and connects with another set of RCA cables to your amplifier. It has a ground terminal and runs off its own power sourceI appreciate there will be better preamps on the market for those willing to pay a lot more but this is a superb item at an incredible price and definitely meets my requirements.