5.0 out of 5 stars Great amplifier for budget, serves many applications

T.E. · April 21, 2010

I am quite impressed with this amplifier for the low price it has. I am currently using it to run a speaker system in my room(for movies, music, and video games). One channel is dedicated to powering an 8" 400 watt subwoofer at 4 ohms and the 500 watts of power is perfect for this. The second channel is used to power 2 JVC satellite speakers for upper frequencies. They are 8 ohm so really the amplifier can go 250 watts max with them. This system sounds very good for movies as the subwoofer can recieve a lot more power(those store-bought surround sound packages generally come with an underpowered subwoofer) thus the bass frequencies are excellent. For music I reccomend using an ipod or pc connected to the amplifier, that way you will be able to pre-amplify the audio signal and get the RMS value just right. I have tried using a flash drive plugged into my xbox 360 connected to the amplifier for music, but the speaker system is way underpowered as you can't pre-amplify the audio using this method. Anyway, this amplifier works great for the application I am using it for. I can imagine it would work great for applications such as live sound, PA speaker power, etc. I almost forgot to say this, for the inputs it accepts either 2 cannon male inputs, or 2 1/4" male mono jack inputs. For outputs you can use either the three conductor speaker jacks, or the 4 binding posts to connect speaker wire directly to the amplifier. This amplifier is bridgable, so you can get 1000 watt max power output by using the middle conductor speaker jack(it is labeled) or by connecting the speaker wire to the 2 positive binding posts(no negative involved). If you need 1000 watts of power for a particular application then this amp is great for the price and I highly recommend it. Hope this review helped.

5.0 out of 5 stars It works fine for me

P. · March 21, 2012

I purchased this item to DJ a small wedding reception. It worked perfectly fine on a pair of 15"s 300w rms speakers. I'm not stupid enough to really try to push 1000 watts out of that amp so with my little setup it worked great with amp power to spare. Im just about to buy one more of these for another gig with a larger amount of space to go with a second pair of 15"s. Before you buy any amp make sure you do your homework and know the difference between rms watts and max watts, make sure you know the differences between 2ohms, 4ohms, 8ohms etc. I mean really, who advertises an amps rms power? So is this really a 1000 watt amp? Yes you can get 1000 watts max out of it, but I don't think you would get to enjoy your amp for long if you push it that hard. This is a great amp for the money if you use it properly.Update!! I bought two more. They're reliable so far. My first one runs flawless over more than a year now so I decided to get two more since I bought a pair of PADH152 double 15 inch Pyle speakers. Hmmm. I run one amp on each bridged. Seems like I have too much power for the crappy speakers. I'm going to replace the woofers with real ones but. oh yeah I'm reviewing the amps. They're great and powerful. Love em. Great amp for the price and simply a great amp all around. I just wish Pyle could simply be honest about their wattage ratings. It seems like they have some third world rating system. To me, 20 American Watts equals 100 Pyle watts.

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible

A. · September 8, 2024

Customer service will hang up on you if you show frustration. This unit, I’ve ordered two, first one I ordered was faulty. The second one I ordered was faulty also. I would not recommend purchasing unless you want to waste money. I would give 0 stars if possible.

4.0 out of 5 stars Less than the sum of it's parts

C. · September 26, 2013

Pros:Low PriceRack mountableDecent soundBalanced inputsBridge modeGround liftCons:Overstated wattageExtremely loud fansComments:I bought this unit primarily for the case (a bare rackmount case is well over the price of this amp) and particularly because it is so easy to retrofit with other components. It is a dual-mono design with amp modules and heatsinks on either side and a 33/33 toroidal transformer in the center with the power supply unit (PSU).First thing, the fans are NOISY!! If you've heard the expression "howl like a banshee", in comparison to this amp, the banshee would be near silent. Fortunately, the design of this amp is a single 2SC5198/2SA1941 pair for each amp and generates about as much heat as a 5 watt bulb under the worst conditions so unplugging the fans turns it into (... wait for it....) a very nice sounding 70w/ch amp.Speaking of 70w/ch, I put it on my test bench with an 8ohm dummy load and got 70w/ch before clipping set in. Quite an accomplishment. Bridge mode was not so great yielding only 107 watts but as with many amps in this price range, the small power supply capability hampers them.So how does it sound?? Well, pretty much like any other slow A/B solid state amp. It does not turn in a memorable performance with any music and in fact is quite undramatic. Perfect for background music. The Toshiba transistor pair is very common in a lot of low end equipment and for good reason.Now the bad.For me, I did not intend to use this amp for much other than a parts bin. In parts alone, this amp is worth three times the selling price but for those keeping it be aware that it is hampered by poor build quality. The amp modules are of low grade single layer construction and notably, already bowed despite being mounted on their side. The power supply board fares much better. Although did not remove it for a closer look, it is clearly of better quality than the amp boards. The best part is that the rear input/output board is monolithic and connected to the front panel so the amp modules have only power, speaker and pre-in leads. Perfect for a project amp!One last thing. The meter lights might have been useful but they're calibrated to light when it's too late. Once the signal light flashes, that's peak output before distortion rears it's ugly head. If you see the "vu" meter lights, it's distortion city. Since this chassis is used for other models, I suspect, they're not calibrated for the bottom end amp (which this one is).So that's it. I posted a photo of the internals for the hobbyists (hopefully, they didn't delete it). Hope you find this info helpful.

5.0 out of 5 stars This absolutely rocks

E.T. · August 28, 2024

Bought this for a friend's grad party, and it worked great. It includes Bluetooth as an input for connecting a phone or computer, but I used Pyle's separate RCA/Microphone mixer as the input. You will need the right cables to go from an RCA source to the phono-style inputs, but outputs can use plain bare speaker wire. I think we played music for 6 hours straight, with no issues. My only regret is not buying this sooner for other dance parties we've had!

Buen producto

G.T. · April 20, 2024

Excedió mis expectativas en cuestión de precio, la calidad de audio es buena.

Great item.

A.C. · August 27, 2021

Fantastic sound and value for money.

Excelente producto!!

M.P. · February 6, 2019

Muy buen producto concuerda calidad y precio

No fue lo que compré

F.S.B. · August 12, 2020

Compre um modelo y me mandaron otro modelo ... el anuncio trae entrada usb, tarjeta de memoria, pantalla digital, pero me llegó un modelo totalmente diferente...

Mi propia opinión

S. · December 13, 2023

Salió excelente, trabaja muy bien