Does exactly what it's supposed to and way cheaper than the competition. There is no buzz, hum or weird sounds and the sound is very clean and pleasing. The battery hatch is not the easiest to use, but then again, I use phantom power to power this, so it's not a big deal. Highly recommend this for studio or to plug your bass to a mixer or pa system. I have used this mostly for plugging my guitar and bass to Yamaha MG10XU and then recording or playing with amp sims.