Nice sounding little pre-amp.

I made the same mistake - thinking that I could just flip a switch and have this little amp sound great right away.

Once set up and powered the pre amp works quite well

This is a good little amp

Listening summary: if you are looking for an inexpensive phono amp and considering Little Bear, then indeed worth getting.***Yields a hint of the

Hybrid integrated amp(Monoprice.com-excellent amp

The rule of thumb has always been that whatever the wattage per channel is for a tube amp, double it to get the same amount of power from a solid state amp.