It sounds fine for my application. I'm using it as a bass preamp before going into a rack compressor and then into my Alesis Sumo 300. This setup works great. Without it, the Sumo's impedance is too low and the amount of gain available would not be sufficient for a good signal.

I really wish it had xlr outs w/ground lifts so it could truly be used as a direct box. But it has nice clean gain with mic AND instrument inputs.

It is very simple to use.

It's very well built. My only complaint in this area would be that the 1/4" jacks are board mounted only and not secured to the panel. This could become a problem after heavy use.

This product is worth what it usually goes for.

Active, Full-time Musician

Country, Rock

Clean and simple gain. Real quiet, almost totally transparent.

What do you want for <$100? It's clean, just be gentle.

If all you want is gain, it's hard to get better in this price range.

Not real sexy, but who cares?

Prog rock and music with actual thought included

For a looong loong time ive had hiss in my recordings for some reason....i look around and my messed up mixer is causing all the noise....with this...i dont GET NOTHING but pure sound

doesnt have any...but that doesnt matter it does what it was made to do and it does it pretty damn goos

3 words: plug and play

only think that looks a little ameteur is the arrown on the knobs.but other than that....grade a

dont buy no 30 dolla pre amp....spend 40-50 more and buy this

nawl....never needed to

i dont want it i need it

producer/vocalist/audio engineer

Hip hop, rnb, reggaeton, rock

N/A

Ugly duckling look lacks sex appeal. If you want a piece of equipment that works great and a reasonalble price, you don't mind that at all.

Recording Engineer / Home Digital Recording Enthusiast

Can sound clean at times, best kept at a low db level to get best results.

Simple, straight to the point you get what you pay for.

There is no confusion, just plug in and go.

It's not BAD, pretty heavy, metal case.

Good for what it does I suppose.

MAudio isn't that bad with their service, but if your stuff breaks don't expect it even within' a week, their slow on that part.

Computer Tech / Home Recording +10 YRS

Rap, Hip Hop, Rock

The sound coming out of the bass guitar amp and keyboard amp is about 10x better than normal. However, the reason I bought this product was because I wanted a better sound coming out of the electric guitar. More specifically, I was desiring a sound almost equivalent to that coming out of the amp. This product did not solve the problem of almost smeared sounding highs and unbearable blended chord progressions. I am using a factory installed sound card on a 1.5 GB (RAM), 3.2 ghz (processor) notebook. I think it would be dishonest to state that this unit does not produce any background noise or silent hisses. Yet, it does a great job of making the bass guitar sound clearer and also the keyboard. 2 out of 3 ain't bad, yet I was disappointed with the electric guitar because I've read so many positive things about this product. I purchased a combination of this and the audigy 2 ZS for notebook. The soundcard hasn't arrived yet so I'm holding off on any final statements.

Simplistic, self explanatory, no need for a manual.

Very well constructed, but gain dials are extremely touchy.

Like I said, it worked miracles on my bass and keyboard. But, when it comes to guitar and mixing heavier and lighter stuff, it wasn't better than just simply plugging into the computer's mic jack.

Don't know, I'll give them an 8. Zzsounds had this to me in a day and a half with no problems whatsoever. I strongly suggest that if you buy, you buy from them. And no, I don't have any affiliation or reason to support zZounds over another competitor.

It brought me up high while testing the bass and keyboard. However, I was grounded after hearing electric guitar.

Anything

Rock, Metal, Post-hardcore, Pop, Alternative