PCA3 Stereo Power Amplifier, Black, One Size

I bought this amp as a sub-woofer amp and it does the job! My new Pioneer 919 blahbitty blah receiver has a PRE OUT SUBWOOFER (RCA style) output, and I happened to have a new-in-the-box 12" woofer from Radio Shack that I picked up years ago on clearance for 10 bucks. Add in a $40 sheet of plywood and my build time, and I've got a low cost, high quality sub-woofer. The Pioneer receiver does just about everything except run out and start my car (and I'm wondering if it'll do that!), so it's too dad-gum complicated. In contrast, this amp could hardly be simpler. It has two RCA style inputs (Left and Right), two speaker-wire outputs (Left and Right), Treble gain, Bass gain, Volume, and an On/Off switch. I saw on other reviews that people used the amp to power an old pair of speakers while playing their iPods. I felt that if the sub-woofer thing didn't work out, I could still do that as Plan 'B'. Fortunately, Plan 'A' is working. I have a nice Belkin 25 foot cable with RCA ends coming from the Pre Out Subwoofer out of the receiver and going into one of the channel inputs (Left) on this amp. Then I have a monster cable, bare-end wires coming out of the corresponding (Left) channel output going directly to the Radio Shack 12" woofer. No crossover or filtering! I'm not sure, but I'm guessing the receiver filters out the high freqs and passes only the lower freqs, 800 hz and below. Anyway, it sounds good, does what I want it to do, and even has nice blue LED indicators that light up when the bass pounds out the beat of a song, or explosions from a game. It's about the size of a thick paperback book, and if I needed too, I could easily unplug everything and take the amp out to my garage for duty playing my iPod.

I have a couple of older Sony speakers I picked up from flea market, and, knowing nothing about home theater, etc., I just assumed I could get some speaker wire-to-RCA converters and it would be fine - turns out you need something like this, which I should have known, since I'm a musician, haha! Anyway this works fine - I'm an audiophile to a point but not an expert, so I couldn't tell you if it matches up with the specs, but I've used other Pyle products throughout life and I've never experienced a single issue. These speakers that I have are mediocre so I can bust it out in my office real nice, but I would say your experience with higher quality speakers would almost surely be way better hooked up to this thing. I ran it for about 30 minutes straight on the highest volume I could use with these speakers and I can tell that if you hooked up higher quality speakers to this, you could crank it up real nice. After 30 minutes it was mildly warm, but that's 100% expected if you ask me - you're dealing with a lot of power here. I've seen some reviews saying that the tabs fall off - they are simple spring mechanisms, and in my experience, yes, I could see why people are saying that, because a lot of them are nice and tight in other products, but these are very sensitive and loose. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, it's just unusual. Be gentle when opening the tabs, and you'll do just fine. In fact, those reviews helped me watch out for that very thing. I've not purchased anything like this before, so I'm sure there are better options (certainly the newer models probably do better), but this works great for what I needed. Also, the bluetooth, SD, and USB work just fine, but you can only control them with the remote so do not lose that. I believe you could hook this up to other audio components like an EQ bank or something if you wanted, but again I'm just powering a little record player thing I got for the holidays one time, and I wanted to be able to play some records. Finally, it feels very well made. The exterior is metal, and the knobs are very responsive. The LED lights make me feel cool because they respond to the music. Oh, and this thing is definitely for stereo, not surround sound, by the way. Bottom line, if you're a hardcore audiophile, this thing wasn't made for that. You have to spend a lot of money if you want extreme quality and perfect performance. If you're just a regular Joe and want to make some loud stereo music happen and you have halfway decent speakers, this is for you.

I purchase a 42" HD LCD TV, close to two months ago. The quality and volume of sound coming from the unit was insufficient for my taste. I decided to add external speakers to it. In reviewing the owner's instructions manual, it stated that speakers can NOT be installed directly to it but must go through an amplifier. Also, being that I wanted the speakers where I sat meant stringing wire to them or getting a wireless speaker system. I went with the wireless. After ordering this amplifier and a wireless speaker system, receiving both in just a few days, I then set them up. Except for the extremely bright, constantly flashing LEDs on the front of the unit (others had the same complaint on reviews I read {putting 2 strips of black electrical tape fixes the problem}), the entire set-up WORKED great for just over 3 weeks. I had the amplifier set to 1/3 volume and the speakers to even less, with the quality of sound being an improvement over what the TV alone produced. I started to get distortion and then the audio from the speakers just ceased. In troubleshooting, I determined this unit had failed since audio signal still existed coming from the TV and the speaker system functioned properly when I tested with a different signal source. I began preparing to repack the unit for return shipment but after reading the requirements of PYLE PRO on returning the failed item for repair or replacement, I decided not to. It was MY COST to send the unit back and then MY COST AGAIN, paying an additional $20 for THEIR return shipment back to me. I decided it was not worth the expense, since for a few dollars more, I could get an entirely new unit. I've decided to look for an amplifier made by another Manufacturer. I originally recommended this unit but because of its immediate failure, I have serious doubts on its quality and it hurts me to say that I NO LONGER recommend this unit. I do recommend the "Royal Machines 29297W WES 600 Wireless Stereo Speaker System" that I purchased though, a great addition for under $80.

Have only had it for a few days but so far so good. Super easy to set up and works well. Can’t beat the price point for the quality you get with this.

Muy ad-hoc para una casa

Excellent product

Excelente producto, lo compre para utilizar mis bocinas pyle recien compradas y son el complemento correcto. Excelente para escuchar radio y musica. Inesperadamente trae tambien bluetooth integrado ademas de reproduccion por USB y SD.

sounds great!Easy to install