PyleHome PTA2 Mini 2x 40W Stereo Power Amplifier with AUX, CD and Mic

Great little amp for playing music & using with Bluetooth microphone for quiz night!

Needed this to drive a couple of Tannoy monitors hooked up to my mixing desk after my trusty amp died a dignified death and what a replacement. How do they do this for the price, great little amp and plenty powerful.

Got this to replace my old unit so wanted a general purpose amp with loadsa inputs/sockets to connect all my units like tape decks (yes I am afraid I said tape decks).. turntable, CD player, Digital mixer...mp3 player etc etc. I wasn't disappointed. This unit has lots of RCA inputs, 3.5mm input, 1/4 jack, SD card player and an excellent BT connection. Don't know much about BT but this has not failed to connect on any unit I have tried pairing and also makes the connection within few secs. Also has an FM radio...Nothing wrong with that .... but I think I prefer to run my DAB through the amp via a 3.5 cable. There is a USB slow charge connector on the front of the unit for your phone ... if needed... if you are using your phone for extended periods to play music via the amp. The frequency response sounds pretty good to me.. maybe just a shade too much towards higher/ treble...but that is very subjective and it has fairly good bass/treble response along with a range of EQ presets on the remote. The selector switch system seems a bit quirky to me in that you select which auxiliary unit you want on the selector dial (say "Aux1") and then you need to cycle through the "Mode" button" to match up "Aux" on the display panel. But you soon get the hang of it. Only problem I had was that the "Aux" selector switch pulled off from the spindle when I first got it. Would push back on... but not grippy enough to turn the spindle.. so resorted to some surgery with pliers and superglue!!! Not high tech but it works (but sorry... a star off for that). Apart from that a very neat all purpose amp at a reasonable price if you have multiple devices to connect.

What a beautiful bit of kit works for me!

More false advertising from both Pyle and Amazon. Amazon cleverly positioning themselves as the "not responsible" party. The Pyle PTA2 does NOT have 40Wx2 of output power. At 1% Total harmonic Distortion is has 8Wx2. At 10%THD it has 10Wx2. Therefore the MAXIMUM output power for this amplifier is 10Wx2 (20W total PMPO-Peak Maximum Power Output). Not 40Wx2 (80W total PMPO). Note that maximum power means audio distorted by 10% and bordering unlistenable. The USABLE power of the Pyle PTA2 is 8Wx2 RMS (Root Mean Square), or 16W RMS total. At this power output everything should sound okay. This company and many others selling cheap tat, are notorious for overstating the power output of their products. In the EU any audio product MUST display the RMS power when advertised. Amazon yet again allowing foreign suppliers to flout EU consumer legislation.

Does exactly what it says. Good little amp.

Value for money

I replaced a full-size integrated Denon amplifier with this tiny Pyle in order to create more space in my kitchen. It worked perfectly! Perhaps a bit too little treble. Even when I set the treble to max, it's still not as much treble as with a normal amplifier. But it's not much difference. The power LED is extremely bright, it lights up my kitchen in the night, so I put a little cap over it. Bluetooth connection works fine, you have to first choose the CD/BT input, and then press MODE. If I could choose, I think Pyle should design it so that it automatically tries to connect to Bluetooth without having to press MODE. But it's no biggie of course. The volume knob is great. The knob for input selection requires quite a grip to be able to turn it. Pyle should use knobs that are easier to turn in the future. But again - no biggie! The sound is great for the money. This is a great little amplifier for the kitchen or small room etc. Recommended!

Versatile e suono soddisfacente . Led di accensione blu troppo luminoso

El producto es mucho mejor que lo que se describe. Todo funciona genial, el usb, no es sólo para cargar, también reproduce. Muy contento con la compra. Con mando a distancia, que también funciona muy bien. Es más estoy pensando en compra uno para mi hija, para que lo tenga en su dormitorio. Le he conectado altavoces grande y suena muy bien. Para lo que lo quiero tampoco no voy a poner una discoteca en mi casa. Sin ninguna duda es un producto que lo recomiendo. Un amplificador muy completo.

I bought this amp for my office to replace a 20W, 12V amp I've been using for a few years. The 20W amp worked well but I wanted to move it to my work shop. This new amplifier is better than the 20W and I'm quite happy with it. The sound quality isn't as good as the amp on my entertainment system but, for my little office, it does a really nice job. The control knobs feel really nice when an adjustment has to made, there's a left - right balance which I really like having and this little amplifier supports 3 inputs plus an aux input. I tried the aux input before the other inputs and I was really disappointed in the sound quality until I realized that this input has a higher gain than inputs in the back. The higher gain is great if you have a device, like a smart phone, with an adjustable volume but it may not be very good if your device has a fixed output. Once I found a cable that allowed me to use the inputs on the back of the amp, all was good and I was quite impressed with the sound quality. If I had to buy another basic stereo amp I'd get one of these.

I ordered the Pyle PTA2 mini 2x40W amp Pyle PTA2 Mini 2x40W Stereo Power Amplifier , and have been using it since its arrival about a month ago. The arrival, by the way, was quick and the packaging was minimal. Although I have yet to utilize many of the features of this amp, I can say that it is doing exactly what I need it to do. Here's my setup: I have two computers sharing one monitor, keyboard and mouse, while the other two share another monitor, keyboard and mouse. Each of the two setups is connected to their respective monitor-input devices via a KVM switch. In my case, I am using two different TRENDnet switches for various reasons that I need not get into for this review, and both switches have ports for the computers' audio lines. Those KVM switches - TRENDnet 2-Port USB KVM Switch Kit with Audio (Includes 2x KVM Cables) TK-209K (Blue) and TRENDnet 4-Port USB KVM Switch Kit with Audio (Includes 4x KVM Cables) TK-409K (Blue) - were also purchased via Amazon. All of the computers' audio ports are connected to their respective KVM switches, making it possible to have an audio setup for each set of computers. I, however, wanted to eliminate unnecessary equipment wherever possible, and I wanted to get down to one set of speakers for all four computers. With this Pyle amp, I can do that utilizing the AUX1 and AUX2 input connectors on the back of the unit, and then using the PHONES output jack on the front for connecting my multimedia speakers Logitech Speaker System Z520 (Black) . I used an adapter I already had, but similar to Hosa GPM-103 3.5mm TRS to 1/4" TRS Adaptor , in order to be able to plug the speakers into the PHONES jack. So, whenever I want to hear sound from one of my computers, I switch the correct KVM switch to the appropriate computer, turn on the amp, and turn on my speakers, adjust the right-most knob on the front to the appropriate AUX input, and voila, I have sound! The volume can be controlled with the volume buttons on the amp and on the speakers. Although not the most powerful sound setup under the sun, this is much more than just adequate, and the sound quality is quite good. Before I bought this Pyle amp, I sketched out what I wanted to accomplish and what would be needed to allow this to happened, and then went hunting for a solution. I found this Pyle amp that had the features I was looking for, and more. I knew I didn't need certain features that the higher end models had, so I selected this amp which had sufficient power and features, plus some features that I may not use for a while. I make it a habit to read all the customer reviews of any product I am considering for purchase. I find that by doing that, I am able to solidify my buying decision. There were a few comments that were less than supportive of this particular amp, some of which seemed to be due to something that the user was doing wrong or because the amp was not designed to do what they wanted it to do. Comments related to hardware failure are always considered, but there will always be a certain number of hardware failures given the intricacies of electronics and their susceptibilities to damage in transport. Once I discounted those unfavorable reviews, there were only positive reviews remaining. That made my buying decision that much easier. Bottom line, I am quite satisfied with the choice I made, and I would recommend this amp. Should anything change in the future, I will amend this review.