Pyle Home Home Audio Power Amplifier System 2X40W Mini Dual Channel Sound Stereo Receiver Box w/ LED For Amplified Speakers, CD Player, Theater via 3.5mm RCA for Studio, Home Use Pyle PCA2 Black

Ordered on August 31, 2013I like the treble and bass controls. The old 2000's boombox in my garage died. The kind that everyone had in their bedrooms. The big side speakers were still good and could be repurposed. This amp drives them no problem. The amp doesn't get hot even in my Florida garage that exceeds 105F ambient temperature during summer. 20 watts per speaker at full blast is still plenty loud for a garage. Didn't want to lug in an expensive home receiver to have it fry in the hot garage, this is absolutely perfect. It's small, doesn't get hot, and drives quality sound. A good little amp.Update: June 23, 20196 Years and still working. The potentiometers in the knobs are worn from years of use. There are small dead spaces in the volume adjustment. Pretty sure the amp is dying because the volume is getting lower as time rolls by.My setup: PC 3.5mm to RCA to the amp. Mostly used to listen to youtube videos and music from the garage PC. I have a 3.5mm splitter between the PC and the amp going to a Trond Rx/TX bluetooth module. I highly recommend them. With an RX/TX module I can do 2 things:1. TX mode: Play audio from my PC to a bluetooth headset.2. RX mode: play audio from my phone to the amp/speakers.I get the best of both worlds with that setup. No need to go looking for a bluetooth equipped amplifier when you can add an external bluetooth module with a splitter cable easily. The Trond line of RX/TX have excellent sound quality too. Want bluetooth with this amp? Easily done.When this amp eventually dies I'll definitely replace it with the same or more powerful model from Pyle. I've been very impressed with it's thermal performance. In a Florida garage during summer electronics lasting more than 1 summer without overheating is impressive enough. I have used this amp pretty much every single day for 6 years. To me, this amp is a champ.

I bought this amplifier for use with headphones on our new 60" Sharp TV, as I often watch late night programs and my hearing is now "less than perfect". I can reduce the TV speaker volume to zero, and use any volume preferred on the headphones, or both can be used at the same time, independently of one another.I have found this amplifier to be perfect for this purpose, with ample volume without distortion, and it has bass and treble controls.It is a very nice, compact unit that is reasonably priced, and connecting it to your TV is an easy project.Connection of the amplifier to the TV is via an inexpensive two conductor cable that is equipped with RCA (male) type connectors from the red & white "audio out" (female) outlets on the TV, to the matching "audio in" outlets on the amplifier.As all headphones are equipped with either a small 3.5 mm or standard size stereo phone jack; you will need a matching (female) stereo phone jack with short connectors, as the Amplifier is equipped with finger pressure release type "wire in" connectors.I ran the three conductor head phone extension cable from the amplifier, that was placed on the TV support cabinet, to the recliner chair that I normally use; under the carpet for a neater installation.In summary; I am delighted with this amplifier powered audio set up!A word of warning however, is that some of the large screen TVs now being sold will not allow an amplifier powered headphone system to be used! None of the presently being sold 60" & larger, LG Insignia, some of the Samsung TVs, and perhaps others, will not allow this type of audio connection!If you are considering the purchase of a new large screen TV, and the use of amplifier powered headphones with it; it would be wise to confirm that the TV you are interested in purchasing; will allow this type installation.Be forewarned that many TV sales personnel are not aware that some of the new large screen TVs will not allow this type installation to be used!Some of the new large screen TVs do have a built in headphone jack; however it is an "either/or" type connection where either the normal TV speakers can be used, or headphones, but not both simultaneously!

I had purchased a couple of Bose- book shelf speakers and was looking for an amp or a receiver to go with them. SO after some research I found this product on amazon and ordered it.I also got a Y-cable to plug my laptop output to the amp. The amp works as expected, sound quality is good from my speakers and for the price of the amp. If you are looking for good sound, easy installation and simple controls, then this is the right product.Positive : Price, compact, light weight, works for the moneyNegative : None as of yet.

A friend gave me an old pair of floor speakers off his old home theater system, so I decided to use them in my garage. To do this, I needed a little amp like this Pyle model so I could connect my iPod and play to the big speakers. All you need is the right cables. I bought one with an audio jack on one end and RCA plugs on the other, and this let me connect my iPod, then I used speaker wire to connect the two speakers. It gets plenty loud for a 2 car garage, and the bass and treble response are quite good. There are many applications for this sort of thing, from PA systems to makeshift stereos, and so on. It works great, is simple to setup, and definitely worth the price.