L1 Mini Stereo Line Level Booster Amplifier Audio Preamp with 20dB Gain and Volume Control

This product does exactly what it says it does, it will boost your audio line signal by around 20 decibels. My own measurement put this at 17.2 DB louder from 15 feet away before you start to get distortion. It can go up to around 19 DB or so but you get distortion. Even 15 db is plenty to make a stock stereo in a car really loud, but be warned you won't be pumping mass bass as the power output isn't there to drive your Fosgate 12s for example, obviously anyone installing quality equipment like that won't be using this thing. The product is cheap and has multiple inputs and outputs available (see pro tips below). It also comes with a USB-A power cable so you'll need a USB-A port available or otherwise supply your own power. Many of the complaints about this product seem to be curable but do require extra work and or parts. Pro Tips on how to get this to work great: 1. Take into account where you will be installing this. If you are installing this around unshielded cable, high voltage etc, because of its cheap nature, it will pick up a hum, this thing is not insulated at all really. It is best to keep it away from other devices and power it cleanly off a dedicated USB or power supply. See below for ideas how to fix if you get a hum. 2. The 3.5MM input will be priority and no other inputs will work at the same time if you use the 3.5MM input, however, if you use RCAs and the 5-Din this thing will take in both and mix them evenly (There is no way to to mix or boost one more than the other). The output is both 5-Din and RCA, you can use either or both at the same time. 3. Since this thing isn't driving that much power, I found even the cheapest cables work fine. Normally you want to use higher quality cables for the best sound with the least leakage but in this case we are going cheap, so even cheap cables will work. 4. If you are installing this in a car, you're probably like me and installing it on an old or stock in-dash stereo and those are horrible for grounding and will usually pick up a hum because of ground issues so here is: How to fix the dreaded hum that people complain about: First, you can try to ground your stereo better if you can. This can help, but if you are just hoping to plug it in and not mess around try a Ground Loop Isolator like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XQYN77L?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details The linked isolator uses the 3.5MM input on the amp and takes in a 3.5MM connection. An over simplified explanation is that by using an inductor that then creates a magnetic field, a ground loop isolator can essentially force any differences in current (caused by a bad or different resistance ground) to be nullified because this is what causes the hum. Please realize you'll need to get the correct kind of isolator for your inputs and outputs. Just search Ground Loop Isolator here on amazon and you'll find many. Since this isn't putting out that much power, cheap ones usually do the trick. Also keep in mind that there are two schools of thought and which one works for you depends on your situation: 1. Place the isolator between the head unit (a stereo for example) and the amp. In other words place the isolator on the input side of this amp. This is the typical way of doing things and works for the vast majority of cases in car audio although not all. 2. Place the isolator after the amp but right before the speakers if there are other components in the system like a game console, or another stereo component etc. This case is more specialized but you can pick up hum caused by the amplifier itself and it bleeds on the output side but this is less likely. The amp usually get's hum fed into it and you can eliminate that on the input side and the amp will output a clean signal. 3. Place an isolator on the input AND the output side. This is really rare and only happens in extreme instances where there are a lot of electronics at play causing problems for one another OR there are powered devices after the amp that are picking up hum from the combination of sources. In this case you'd add one on the input side as close to the amp as possible, and then one on the output side as close the speakers as possible. Good luck! This thing is a steal at the price for what you can do with it using a little know how.

Has Done An Excellent Job EVERY DAY For The Last 2.5 Years For My Office Stereo Setup With ZERO Problems. I use it just about everyday. For the last 15 years I've had The Logitech Z623 2.1 THX 330watts RMS System with Two 3'' Satellite Speakers and a 7'' Subwoofer that everyone swears is a 10" Sub, it's really impressive and would recommend it to anyone. I can hear it booming and pounding hard clear across the street but that's a whole different story. I just purchased a brand new LOGI Z623 about 6 months ago as the Subwoofer finally started to go out. I also have a Sound Bar above my monitor mounted to the wall. I had to split the Audio with and a 3.5mm Audio Splitter so the audio signal reaching each of the Speaker Setups which are The Logitech System and The Sound Bar, the audio signal is cut in half by the time it reaches them. This reduces or cuts the overall volume signal to each audio component by 50%. Everything was still nice and loud for the most part but the volume would frequently be at 100% to listen to my music which i listen to loudly. Many times it just wasn't enough though, i needed more- It was "almost but no quite" so I bought this Signal Amplifier and WOW! what a difference it made. My System is Super Loud Now. Louder than it ever has been. I'm getting every last bit of audio sound i want and then there's dump truck load more behind it - i just make sure to not turn it up too loud bc I could blow all of these speakers very easily and quickly. I never turn my system up to 100% bc i'd destroy it with this Singnal Amplifier and remember, My Audio Signal is already cut in half so this thing Amps the signal EXTREMELY WELL. The PreAmp Signal Booster has been doing a great job day in and day out. Sound Quality is great too. It's just nice to have all the sound i want when i want it. This is one of those purchases that i don't think about very often bc it's tucked away but when i think about it - it's one of the best purchases i've ever made. It's made in China so you never know what you're going to get but going on 3 years of nearly daily use and i would even say punishment bc i push it hard and it's held up well. So yeah, i'd recommend this as it's built well and built to last. It has a sturdy and solid construction.

I was initially disappointed with the hum and interference from this device, but when I swapped from using the built-in USB ports on a power strip to a high-quality USB phone charger, the unwanted noice disappeared. Provides just the extra little oomph I needed in front of my tube amp for my small audio system. I'm only using it turned up about 25%

Worked good for a while, then would cut out and have interference, it was hooked up from a tv to a stereo on about 75%, didn't want to blow my speakers out so I used something else

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used it to boost line output for kawai digital piano bang for your buck amazing with little or no distortion

It did the job for Me boosted the signal to almost double the strength only problem is is that it introduces a little bit of white noise, but to be honest, I have an art clean box pro and that was introducing white noise as well, so it might not be this product. It might just be my amplifier regardless of that. I have a wireless RCA transmitter and I put this before the transmitter so the wireless signal completely cut out the white noise if anyone is running into that issue try to go wireless you lose a little bit of signal when you go wireless, but this boostsit right back up anyway anyways

It does boost the audio signal but it sounds different, very different. The audio output sounds Ok, but with all the high notes sortof muted. I fixed it in the amp but it should'nt need that.

This is a little dynamo. Installed between tv and amp. The improvement to the volume and sound quality is fantastic. I have tried many other similar items for a much higher value and they are nowhere near as good as this. Very happy