Pyle Home Mini Audio Amplifier - 60W Portable Dual Channel Surround Sound HiFi Stereo Receiver w/ 12V AC Adapter, AUX, MIC IN, Supports Smart Phone, iPhone, iPod, MP3 For 2-8ohm Speakers - Pyle PFA200

The 60W Pyle works very well. Good bass and treble and reasonable power without distortion at 1/2 volume driving 8 ohm two way speakers. I am using the 60W Pyle to drive a record player. The Pyle requires a preamp which is normal with a moving coil or moving magnet cartridges on the record player. Very pleased.

The first time I bought an amp was back in the seventies. I shelled out a lot of money, because I wanted only the best. Over the years, I've spent thousands on new amps. In the last 15 years or so, I've looked around for a bargain on a good used amp. I bought lots of them, and they burned out fast because they were long past their warranty. This time, I thought I'd check out prices on new amps. I haven't bought a new one in a long time, just because there are so many cheap used ones out there. I figured the prices would be too high. But then I found one that is only a few inches all around, and doesn't have anything I don't need: remote control, an equalizer, a tuner, or jacks for a lot of components. In fact, I only needed one component jack this time. It works just great. I like the compact size. At $35, it costs a little more than a good used amp, but it will last a lot longer and it takes up a lot less space. I've just bought a second one.

Honestly, I was a little hesitant to order this little amp due to the low price and some of the mixed reviews, however, after receiving it and hooking it up, I'm truly happy and content with my purchase. I paired this unit with a pair of Yamaha NS - AW350 2-Way Indoor/Outdoor speakers. The sound is outstanding. My speakers are mounted under a 18' X 21' covered deck. This is not a powerhouse amp, so don't pair it with large speakers. I think the Yamaha speakers that I purchased are probably at the threshold for what this amp can push effectively. Pros: Small and compact Quality of sound is fantastic Crazy low price For me, the blue light is not as annoying as others have said Individual Bass and Treble controls are nice to have Cons: The spring-loaded speaker terminals are a pain. I wish it had banana plugs instead to make it easier to disconnect and store. No Remote. A remote would be really nice, but considering the price, I can just get off my lazy tail and walk over to it. No rubber feet or "tits" on the bottom of the unit. I can add these myself.

Hi-Fi meets D/C and it's love at first sound. It's rare to find low power in tandem with clarity in an amplifier.The punishment for purchasing entry grade equipment is often compromised, off-the-shelf components.This unit however, started life as a sound card chip that never managed universal adoption or notoriety and ended up seeing use by various manufacturers as a cost saving audio application. The PA200 is realistically 10 watts RMS/channel before it starts to lose headroom, but that translates into some serious volume levels with audible clarity and impeccable separation. If you are a connisuer and truly enjoy separating the musical nuances in a performance, then this chip's for you. Pye has made good effort packagng this Eco-amp friendly with hum/hiss-free stand-by and bass/treble controls which really come in handy for desktop applications.This is a super amp for a mere $30.00 folks! The benefits of running on 12 volts makes this unit so versatile in a host of environments. Low power consumtion, extremely small package, short output protected,light weight and minimal heat losses have filled a long overdue niche for a portable amplifier. It's so efficient it doesn't even need heat sinks but it delivers shimmering sibilance and amazingly controlled bass without wandering or runaway. The black extruded aluminum case should hold up well in mixed humidity use, where steel would make it look like your snowblower in a few years. A smart inclusion is a 1/4 standard mike jack on the rear and 2 RCA inputs and a 1/8 stereo on the front panel. Some users of these amps find there's not enough power or a lot of line noise but Pye has made their version with quality circuitry and connectors and mine is whisper quiet on Max connected to an iPad. The clarity of this amp easily reveals the lack of MP3's and AAC compared with CD.There are better sample rates amongst MP3's of course but any subtractive compression method in order to save storage, is dropping a lot of musical info. If I play the same music from the two different sources, the difference is dramatic. An iTunes download compared with a CD is far grainier and the bass smuggier, the composites of musical white noise is audibly truncated compared to the silky presentation from a CD. And once again, the level inputs are far higher and produce cleaner signal to noise levels at partial volume. Turntables can be notorious for rumble and hum but if your shielding is good,this amp will redefine all that old vinyl of yours, bringing out the best of analog sources. As an off-grid application this unit won't drain your deep cycle batteries for days...it's either Steppenwolf or eye-to-eye "really talking" on this two day, rained out trip. I have a Pioneer 7.1 system that would shut down the system by the time Frodo intercepts Gandalf on Bibo's birthday if hooked it to an inverter. 12 volt power packs come in a lot of different sizes to provide hours of decent amplification that you could strap to your body or facilitate a campfire group. The key is in it's flexibility and non fatiguing clarity. Nice job Pye, just don't get cheap on us "... That was Hammond's mistake".

When I bought this, it was a great little amp. I had purchased a Pyle turntable from a local record store, and used this amp and a set of bookshelf speakers, also Pyle products, to complete the setup. It was plenty loud to fill my bedroom at my old place. I had never had a problem with it, and I've owned it for about a year. Unfortunately, it no longer functions properly. When I moved back to my parents' house, I decided to haul out my turntable and set it up there. The receiver had been in storage for about three months beforehand, and upon testing it, I discovered that the left channel no longer worked. Repair or replacement by Pyle seemed to be less than worth bothering with after reading comments about their returns policy. I took it to the same record store, who will do repairs, to see if they could help me out. They were able to repair the left channel, but it came back with a chatter-like noise in the right, and it now shuts off and reactivates every five to ten minutes. When I bought this, I recall there being no one-star reviews on this item. I'm not sure I want to replace it in kind as a result. I never had any trouble with it while it was set up at the old place and I think it would have been okay had I not needed to move.

I wasn't looking for much at this low price... I was surprised how good this little amp sounded. I had an ORB amp, and have never been happy with the tonal quality so I added an equalizer to baby the sound! I decided to purchase one of the small Pyle amps... and was happy with the sound and price (and also pulled out the equalizer)!! I am a retired radio Chief Engineer and I was very pleased with the audio quality. Of course, I am using this in our family room with two 8" in wall speakers... Very happy! Good volume and tone!

I just recently bought this as a small desktop amplifier for 2 bookshelf speakers that are decent speakers and not that hard to drive. Even 10 wpc would work in my setup. At low volume it's fine. Medium it's okay. Let's say a good song pops up on your playlist. You want to turn it up a little and step away from the desk and dance. It won't happen. It has power. It's just at the 50-100% end of the spectrum that it sounds terrible. Unplayable. I can tell you this. It's nowhere near 30wpc if that's what you're expecting. If you're lucky it's 15 and I think that's a stretch. It starts to break up which seems to be at different levels and at different times to me. I just know don't waste my time trying to blast a tune. It's loud enough right in front of me on bookshelf speakers but I can't fill this room well. Fair enough It's a 27 Dollar amp. I didn't expect it to blow me away. I think I did expect a solid 20 wpc. I don't think I have anything close to it so really it's a let down in a way. Yeah I know it's a cheap amp but still, I bought the hype. There is one more issue I'm having with it and it's totally unacceptable. It probably is more of a pain in the neck to go through the warranty (if there even is one) than I care to bother. So I'm just going to eat the 30 I spent and learn a lesson. I'm not buying anything from Pyle ever again and here is why. I turned it on only after about a week of owning it and one of the channels wasn't working. I shut it off, checked all the wires and it started to work with 2 channels. I figured That it must have been one of the wires somehow got tugged on. My wife cleaned my desk and I thought maybe she bumped something and maybe that was it. Next day I turn it on the same thing only this time it's the opposite channel. Now I know nothing moved but I still went ahead and checked all the connections. A few flicks of the switch and some inserting, reinserting and repeating the unit works with two channels again. Next day, again the channel that was out the previous day is out. I kill the source, turn the volume up and flick the switch to see if both speakers get a power surge when I turn on the unit. They didn't. Only the left. I turned off and on the unit one more time and I hear both speakers are getting power. I'm not a scientist but I'm pretty sure It's circuitry related. If I were a betting man, I'd be inclined to bet on that. So my advice is this, don't buy one of these. It's a cheap amp I thought I'd give a shot. It's bad. I'm just going to use it like this until the unit gets replaced by me with a better unit that I buy. I do regret buying this. Even as cheap as it was, it was not worth it. I'm stepping up a few levels. I always heard Pyle were cheap garbage but I never believed it. This was my first and probably my last experience with this company Pyle. Save your money and get something better.

It functions exactly as described, and I am very happy with the product. My use case is for my PC, as I had speakers leftover from a surround sound project. It only has 2 channel hook-ups (Left and Right), but that's all I need; I'm not creating a surround sound system for my PC. It has more than enough power to drive small speakers and probably some bookshelf speakers, and it offers a clean sound. The device could use a hole to mount it, but nothing some double-sided mounting tape can't solve. Overall, the device works well without issue, is compact, and looks very professional under my desk.