ART Tube MP Project Series

I bought 2 of them for recording our band in my home studio. I use it mainly with a Rode NT5 pair (guitar and percussion) and a large diaphragm condenser (vocal). Sometimes we also record the bass via this unit. The sound is clear and pleasant. The noise is very low! Everybody is satisfied with the results. The build is very solid, I feel it would not wear out ever. The level metering could be more detailed, but OK. I would buy it again!

It is very good preamp. I primary use it for double bass on stage. I gave 4 star for quality because after a lot of experiments with lot of different bulbs I replace native on with Electro Harmonix 12AX7 EH Tube for better, rounder low end quite good highs.
One thing I don't like. It's connection of power supply and lack of power button.
As for sound and price I recommend it.

Good preamp/DI, powerful enough to drive a power amp. No eq. but it's solid and pretty hard to break. Good sound, not too much noise at all.

Matching the price and quality, the sound becomes warm erupting, the device itself is heavy!

I use it mainly as a active DI Box for my Bassguitar, stays clean until you crank the gain really up and gives it some nice tube saturation.

Sounds imho a lot better than a Palmer DI or the usual low budget DI Boxes.

With Condenser Mics it works fine also.

When I first got my violin pickup (it was a passive one) I could not hear myself when playing, although everything was turned to max. volume. This not just amplifies the sound, but also gives the violin a little depth, as some passive pickups, like the one I have, give off a shallow sound.