Pyle 200W Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Power Amplifier - 2-Channel Audio Receiver with RCA - USB - SD - MIC IN - FM Radio - Remote Control - AUX Input for Home Theater & Studio Use - PDA29BU.6

My very old Kenwood tuner/amp stopped putting out sound recently. It's a high-end device with inputs for the turntables, tape decks and CD players I've used over the years. These days I mostly used it for TV sound and FM radio. The remote is also complex and multi-functional. I found this device on Amazon and figured I couldn't go wrong at the price, which is a fraction of what I paid for the Kenwood more than 40 years ago. It's also a small fraction of the size of my old one. It nicely meets my needs. I connected the TV, using a digital-to-analog converter and RCA jacks to the back. Then I connected two medium-sized speakers and raised the built-in FM antenna. It's got three modes: auxiliary, radio and blue tooth. The TV runs through the first. The FM has a search mode or you can set for stations using the remote. Reception is quite good. The blue tooth paired easily with my Amazon Fire tablet (I don't use a smart phone). (It also has a mic input using a phono jack on the front but I don't plan to use it.) As a bare-bones device, it's only got volume and tone controls. The latter are adjusted with dials on the front of the box. The quite small remote controls power, mode, volume and FM channel. There's no mute button, but the on/off responds very quickly. It doesn't do most of the things my old amp did, or look nearly as impressive on the shelf. But it does what I need it to do, and it has blue tooth - which wasn't dreamed of when I got the old one. For the price, I don't think you can beat it. UPDATE: After re-reading my review, I think I made it sound more "bare-bones" than it is. In addition to the audio input, FM and blue tooth, it also has an SD card and USB slot, the latter for use with flash drives. The remote can be used to locate tracks on the MP3 source. And the remote has an EQ button that switches among preset values. There's no equalizer readout, so you have to just judge the one you like by ear. All of which is to emphasize that this is a good value for the money.

I have a pair of beautiful vintage TimeFrame 500's that were just sitting there . I have a closet full of various extra amps (yeah, I am one of THOSE guys) but all are simply too big for me to fool with. I have noticed in the past few years that some of this stereo equipment I would have turned my nose up at just a few years ago has been showing up in my house and it is very good for the price. I decided to give this inexpensive Pyle unit a shot. I just needed something small. So, I have been using this now for a few weeks and here is what I think. Outstanding! For the $ it just can't be beat. It has plenty of power to drive most 8 ohm speakers to a very decent level. If I were to turn the volume up beyond 40% it would run me out of the room . Bluetooth connection is stunningly fast. Almost instant. Never misses. Quality, for Bluetooth anyway, is very good. I hooked up a decent quality streamer/DAC. I am running it in thru the RCA connection in back and honestly, using Qobuz, it sounds amazing. Stereo imaging is outstanding. Bottom line, for casual listening, this is a great unit. Not bad looking either! It exceded my expectations!

I had a twenty-five year old shelf system. But when the disc player stopped working I decided to go with separate less expensive components. Well the first piece was this amp. Although I didn't notice it was minus a headphone jack, still have no regrets (so far). It drives my 4 speakers just fine through the old Realistic switch I have had forever. Let's my Echo Dots play through it via Bluetooth with no problems. However the Echo Show will not. Remember this amp is only Bluetooth in, not Bluetooth out. The remote is pretty flimsy, but works as long as you press the whole button, not just in the center. Would have preferred the ability to add a better FM antenna, but enough local stations come in to keep me happy for now. I have added a cheap cd/dvd player and this little amp makes it sound great. To the folks who think it's not loud enough, turn it on, turn the volume knob all the way down then using the remote, set the volume on the display to 0 (zero). Then turn the volume knob on the amp all the way up. After that the remote will raise the volume more than loud enough. Like some folks I did notice a slight hum when nothing is playing. That is solved by just hitting the power switch when you are done. Remember most of the time the off button on the remotes for lesser priced items, just puts them in standby mode. Which keeps enough power on, that many speakers will hum. Only 2 of my 4 did it. Those were the 40 year old ones. The twenty year old ones didn't hum. In fact the new cd/dvd player actually tells you to turn it off at the player and not just with its remote since it also just puts it in standby. The first day I thought it was a little warmer than it should be. But after I cleaned up the mess of actually coiled wires I had attached to it, it hasn't happened again. The microphone jacks work great. By the way, the reason the headphone jack isn't important is the fact that all the other individual components will.

This little amplifier deliver great quality of sound. You can feel the difference when you turn the knob. It’s a good size I can places under the TV. The price is good. Quality much better than other mini amplifier, like Norsound which with over 2000 reviews. I compare both of them: Price: price is about the same, this one $10 more, but the sound quality is huge difference. The body size: this one of course bigger, but compared with Sony, it definitely smaller. If you are looking for mini, you can go with Norsound. Again if you want to choose high quality sound, this may doing better job. Safety: this seems more stable not easy over heat. Norsound’s body gets hot after 30 mins, and the connection not stable. I enjoy with with this USA made amplifier.

I’ve had issues with it since the beginning. the left speaker will get staticky then go out. then the right one will. Basically i got used to that only one of them was gonna work at a time. the wiring is NOT the problem; it’s PERFECT, high quality, and i’ve tried everything within reason to troubleshoot. Sometimes it quits entirely, I give it a wack on the chassis and it comes back in for a bit. It’s just a piece of junk. I’ll be replacing it.

Awesome little Amp. I use this to connect an Alexa to whole house speakers. It Works perfectly!

I'm using this little guy to drive a pair of paradigm atom speakers and they sound great. Very detailed and very crisp. Way Beyond my best hopes. These are 89 DB efficient. Don't expect a little class D amplifier to run big speakers with large cones or low efficiency. Even with five and one quarter inch drivers, if you turn the base up Beyond 1/2 it becomes mud. But set properly this little app will make my speakers deliver the flat response from 70 DB to 20K DB they're capable of, and it barely gets warm. The remote control works flawlessly at 16 ft, the Bluetooth works fantastic, and it starts up at the last setting for the input. I have an incredible Little Garage system that will get loud enough to party, that's for sure. In summary a good set of bookshelf speakers paired with this little amplifier will definitely impress you.

works well enough. The output is a bit noisy. I expect amplifiers like this to be silent when no input is applied. Using the normal method of shorting the aux inputs to ground there is annoying hiss/hum. Other similar amplifiers are silent. Stated output is quite optimistic. It's not clear how it can deliver 200 watts (2x100), with a DC power input of 12 volts and 5 amps (60 watts). The technical specs in the provided user manual contains an entry as follows: - 10%RMS at 8 ohm impedance: 8Wx2 Presumably some rating at 8 watts output per channel. However as presented it tells me nothing, perhaps it is 10% distortion at 8 watts. Not very satisfactory if this is the case. If in pursuit of an amplifier you'd like to live with this may not be it.