I bought this unit to expand the capabilities of my pre-Esprit preamp--by today's standards, the TA-=E88B has a lack of inputs (and no headphone jack). With good quality cables, it adds no noise and, being a passive unit--no hum. I was concerned that ithe speaker switching might degrade the sound coming out of my TA-E86B power amp (80W/ch or 18W/ch Class A), but all is good. It would be nice if it accomodated thicker speaker wire as 16GA JUST fits, but it's an '80's product, after all. At any rate, mission accomplished! Since I dohn't need to switch between 2 turntables, I'll probably end up using the Phono1/2 switch to control some other audio function--perhaps switching an equalizer in and out of the signal path. Let the fans of "straight wire with gain" roll over in their graves!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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