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Review title: Great item with one glaring omission
Product review: This is a terrific little preamp/phantom power/usb interface, though it lacks the easy portability of the Centrance Micport Pro or the Shure X2U. Unfortunately, it also lacks a 1/8" headphone port that the Micport Pro and X2U have (including volume control for the headphones) which means there is no way to monitor input real time without using your PC's headphone port and its associated latency. Some would consider a real time headphone port essential, including me. The ART also requires AC adapter power, unlike the previously mentioned USB devices powered through the USB port. This and its size makes the ART a little cumbersome if you have to record "on the go" (away from studio/home). On the plus side, it does "warm" the finished product for voice recording and is very easy to use. I'd have given it five stars if it had had a headphone port and volume control. M-Audio makes a comparable device (more expensive) that has a 1/8" headphone port.
