Yankele Herrera

Great amp, well worth your money!

This a late review since I bought this amp couple years back to control my poolside room speakers and poolside speakers but never finished installed everything till a month ago.I was shopping around for a good cheap amp that can control 2 sets of speakers with Bluetooth. Read many reviews and this was very well regarded so I picked it up on black Friday for $150 bucks.I was really happy with the amp, looks really good, its on a the light side (which it waa kinda expected at this price point). You get 3 line in inputs, 1 cd and 1 phone (not preamped) so you are covered with any device you may want to connect. Tuner radio and Bluetooth works really well, audio resolution is really clear and loud. It includes a remote controller that give you complete control over all the functions of the amp.Now soundwise, im pairing it with 2 sets of polk audio atrium 8 SDI, which are a perfect match for this amp and it shows. The sound is lively and fuller, I did noted some excessive bass on higher volume but I thinks its mostly on the position and rather closed environment, but with a easy turn on the bass control you can fix that (did i mention it have tone controls too?).I totally recommend this as a starter amp if you are on a budget or as a second amp or for an area that you dont use as much like a garden or barbecue area set with a good set of speakers. Check the video if you want some more detail around the sound.Ver más

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Amazon_Customer

30 de enero de 2018

CAN be used for simple Home Theater but really shines when playing music.

First: YES, you can use this as an AV receiver *IF* you have a simple home theater setup and are willing and know how to run a digital to analog audio converter from your TV to the inputs of the receiver. BestBuy sells an inexpensive and intuitive unit.HOWEVER, if you have several devices associated with your home theater (i.e. more than 2 -- then this probably isn't a great option for you).I generally prefer Vintage Stereo equipment -- My ideal receiver was the Yamaha CR-2020. But sadly, those are hard to come by and have are more expensive and like a used car -- you don't really know what maintenance you have ahead of you. I had inherited a Sony AV receiver that pre-dated HDMI. It worked and I could even program my Logitech remotes with it. However, it really didn't bring the best sound out of my speakers -- a pair of original Large Advents. Plus, it seemed like it was starting to give up the proverbial ghost.My AV setup is pretty simple since I dumped Time Warner -- or whatever they are calling themselves these days. I have a TV, Roku Streaming stick and that's it! I don't have a living room that would accommodate 20 speakers and a sub without tripping over them (my cats and dog and kids shoes provide enough of an obstacle field).The downside -- this isn't really intended to be an AV receiver. No Optical Audio in... no HDMI ports... you have to make it work if you want to use it for your TV as well. I purchased an Insignia Digital to Analog Audio converter -- you plug in the HDMI cable from your TV into the input and use RCA cables as the output to plug into the receiver. This little gizmo was about 25 bucks so I was still saving quite a bit of money over "full-featured" AV receivers.The sound for the TV is fine -- You aren't going to be fooled into thinking you are in an IMax theater or anything. But that wasn't my primary concern.I really wanted my music to sound great. And playing music is where this receiver really shines! I *REALLY* like the Bluetooh connectivity so that I can play from my computer, cell phone without having to use a patch cable to plug into the receiver.It has a very simple interface -- mainly because there just isn't that much functionality. push a few buttons and you'll be able to figure it out without a manual.I know several reviewers have commented on the flimsy clips for the speaker wire but I have some fairly heavy gauge wire and it doesn't works just fine. I don't use banana plus -- just run the copper straight in. Once you get it set up, you shouldn't have a problem -- it isn't like you are constantly re-wiring your speakers.I was able to purchase this for less than 120 bucks and it drives my vintage Large Advents really well. It provides a beautiful full sound for a wide variety of musical genres.Maybe one of these days, I'll stumble across another great vintage receiver. But for the money and the convenience of a remote and bluetooth, this receiver can't be beat.[NECAR}Ver más

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bernard m graham

8 de agosto de 2026

The price was affordable & its pretty.

Awssome......beautiful sound.

Jeff

15 de julio de 2025

Sound Quality

Nice for the price. Very easy to setup everything. My Bluetooth devices works very well on this receiver. I hooked up the FM antenna output to my rabbit ears and the reception is great, and I don’t have to extend the antenna rods at all. Being that I’m at sea level, and no mountains around me, but surrounded by many high rises. The remote is easy to understand and works well. The sound quality is good but not that great. It has more of a warmer tone with the bass and mid-range being stronger, and the higher tones are very soft. The bass is strong and at times need to turn it low or in the negative settings which for both the treble and bass controls allows you to set it from -10 to 10. Even with the treble set at its highest 10 setting, the higher tones are very soft. So, I can’t hear the higher sounds of cymbals, and snare drums. I found in the manual that the highest setting for the treble is rated at 3.0kHz. The higher tones start at 6.0 kHz. So, this explains it. I have my old Bose speaker system that I had for over 25 years, the one with the right and left satellite speakers and the floor bass unit hooked up. For vocals, it sounds great. But if you want more individual control of the tones, especially the higher tones, this is not the receiver for you. With all this being said, everything else I would rate it at a 5 star. My 4-star rating is from this lack of higher tones. In conclusion, I’m satisfied with this receiver, as all other features and sound qualities check off for me. I may buy a stereo equalizer to boost up the higher tones.Ver más

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Paul Horton

12 de julio de 2026

Great poolside amp!

Great sound at a great price. Purchased after I sent back a Fosi Max amp which sounded terrible with my Polk Atrium 6 speakers. This was the fix. Outdoor poolside. Provides bright treble, decent bass and no discernible distortion at high volumes. Perfect!

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J.H.K.

6 de agosto de 2016

Great features and impressive quality for the price!

Got this for my classroom. Not an audiophile by any means and certainly didn't need the latest greatest features (along with accompanying higher cost). For what I paid, $150 on Amazon before sales tax, I'm very impressed with what it offers and can do. Installed it in my classroom today. Connected it to a pair of old Sony bookshelf speakers which I got around 10 years ago. Specifically got this receiver because the old Onkyo I previously used (still working even though it must be from 1980s or 1990s) was unable to handle audio input from my classroom desktop computer even though I had gotten an adapter cable that had a 3.5mm jack on one end and two RCA (red/white) plugs on the other end. Wanted to use the bookshelf speakers instead of the weak external speakers provided by school for whenever I would need audio during a lesson, video clips, etc. to be heard by students at the back of the classroom. After setting up this receiver and putting it through its paces, I am pleased with its overall performance.I connected my classroom's desktop computer to the receiver using that adapter cable previously mentioned and this receiver had no problems at all picking up the signal and transmitting it to my bookshelf speakers. Tried out the radio tuner and was pleasantly surprised by both how clear the sound quality is for many local stations (compared to the Onkyo I had previously been using) and for even decoding signals from distant stations (I'm using a spare cheap external FM radio antenna, not the wire antenna provided with this unit) which the previous Onkyo receiver (and even my car radio) can't pick up clearly if at all.The Bluetooth feature is nice. There's a cheaper version of this receiver without the Bluetooth feature but I decided that the extra $20 was worth it for providing additional possibilities. Had no problem pairing this receiver with my Nexus 6 smartphone. No problems streaming music from my smartphone to the receiver.So far, I've only encountered one problem. I thought about docking one star off for this problem but in the end decided not to do so because the overall functionality and performance of the receiver isn't significantly impaired by this issue. When I first powered up this receiver (after making all the necessary audio connections to speakers and computer), I thought I might have had a defective unit because I couldn't hear anything even though the volume was clearly set at 40 (out of a 0-99 scale). After some trial and error, what I discovered was that any setting below 45 is practically impossible to hear coming out of my speakers. Once I cranked up the volume to 50-55, sound was clearly discernible to anyone near the speakers. From 55-65, sound fills up my entire classroom nicely. From 65-75, it gets loud in my classroom and when I walked out into the hallway (and then continued walking down the hallway) I could hear the sound clearly from several classrooms away. I can only imagine how loud it might be (and how far the sound may travel) if I cranked up the volume beyond 75. So, for all intents and practical purposes, the sound on this unit works but I'm essentially navigating between 45 (quiet) and 80 (really loud) instead of the full range of 0-99. Like I said, functionality and performance doesn't seem to be impaired by this discrepancy, so I ultimately decided not to knock off a star. Not sure if this issue is particular to the specific unit I received or a recurring pattern in more units beyond mine. Not a deal-breaker and not worth going through the hassle of a merchandise exchange since it gets the job done.Looking forward to seeing how well this unit works out for this coming school year (and hopefully for many years beyond). If anything should arise to warrant editing this review, then I'll update as needed.