PyleHome Audio Power Amplifier System – 2X75W Mini Dual Channel Bluetooth Stereo Receiver Box with LED – Amplified Speakers, CD Player, Theater via 3.5mm RCA – For Studio, Home Use

Recently I wall mounted an 40" Insignia (Best Buy) brand TV in my bedroom and I wanted more volume and better quality sound than an average sized TV can provide. I put the TV up using a home made wood bracket with a bottom shelf to hold a DVD player, an Amazon Fire TV media streaming box and a Pyle-Home amplifier. It's really a great set up, it looks and sounds wonderful. Pyle has probably exaggerated the wattage of this amplifier (along with the rest of the audio industry). I would guess that it actually puts out about 15 watts RMS (a conservative rating method) but because of the logarithmic way that the amplitude of sound is measured 15 RMS watts will drive a speaker to HALF of the volume that you could get from an amplifier rated at 150 watts RMS. The point is unless you want to go deaf or already are deaf this amplifier will give you loud high quality audio for your videos and games. I am using a connecting cord with a 3.5mm mini phono plug on one end and two RCA plugs on the other end to send the sound from the earphone jack of the TV to the amplifier. I could have used the line out jacks on the TV but by using the earphone jack I can control the volume of the amplifier with the TV remote. I saw some user comments about inadequate volume from this amplifier which was attributed to thin speaker wire. Normally I would agree that you should use 18 or even 16 gauge wire in a speaker installation but with a small amplifier like this you can get by with thinner wire. For speakers I salvaged some 20 year old ones from a small Aiwa stereo that measure about 8 x 12 inches. These speakers had wires that are about 22 or 24 gauge running out of a hole in the back of the enclosures. Rather than taking these speakers apart to attach thicker wire I used the existing wires. The amplitude is 100% satisfactory. What is really more important with a small low power amplifier like this is that the volume of the sound going INTO the amplifier is adequate. Fortunately my TV has plenty of power coming out of the headphone jack. As far as the quality and appearance of the Pyle amplifier is concerned I love it! It is compact, housed in a sturdy metal cabinet, has soft pads on the bottom to protect whatever is underneath, it's fused to protect it from overloads, has high quality spring loaded hardware to easily attach the speaker wires, beautiful blue flashing LED lights on the front to indicate power output for each channel and best of all two knobs to adjust the bass and treble. This two knob system is infinitely better than the 4 and 5 way toggle "idiot buttons" that are typically found on even expensive receivers and amplifiers. (Are you listening Panasonic, Sony, Yamaha, Samsung et al?) With just two knobs you can adjust the sound exactly the way YOU like it.

This product is the greatest thing I have come across in a while I have spent a small fortune on other things but not again this is the best thing since sliced breadThanks

I got the PCA3 to go with my 30 watt Panasonic SB-403 Turbo Thrusters from 1984. Previously I had them attached to a 100 watt per channel Pioneer receiver that I bought new in the late 1990s. The Turbo Thrusters were sort of a downgrade from the 100 watt Technics speakers I was originally using (a mutt system bought off the Circuit City showroom floor/display/open box)...not exactly a downgrade, just going for some smaller floor speakers. The receiver pushed them beautifully. When the Pioneer died I got a Lepai 2020A+ and the pseakers sounded great with it. After five years the Lepai died and I got a Lvpin clone of the Lepai. The Lvpin couldn't hold a candle to the Lepai. Shrill and full of distortion and just too much bass even with adjusting it. To get on with my long-winded review, I finally decided it was time try something else for my entertainment setup. All I need to do is push these two 30 watt speakers for the output of my desktop computer. That's not my computer only. That's movies played back on the computer and a turntable, cassette deck and VCR connected to the computer basically as computer peripherals so I can convert anything I want to digital easily. I thought I was getting the bare bones model of the PCA3, but this one has the FM receiver and inputs for SD cards and USB. I really wasn't too happy with getting extras...extra stuff to break and collect dust like the SD card and USB inputs that I already have on my computer. But, it is what it is. The SOUND is comparable to the Lepai which was supposedly 20 watts per channel. According to the manual this PCA3 is pushing around 15 watts, so not too far off. I've still never understood speaker wattage mumbo jumbo and this was no exception. I first bought it because I thought I would be getting a bit of extra power, then I read about ohms and that threw it off by half because my speakers are 8 ohms, leaving me wishing I'd gone for the 2x120 (for 60 watts of power???) before I even received this one. Now that it's all set up I'd say it sounds really decent in a small room. Decent enough that I don't see a reason to return it for "false advertising" (which is really what these wattage ratings are. REALLY!) Nowhere near the distortion of the Lvpin crap and it gets fairly loud before I notice any distortion. I'm really satisfied with the sound. I only chose to cover the power indicator LED. Yes, the LEDs are way too bright but when I'm watching old TV shows online or vloggers/podcasts on Youtube, the level indicators rarely light up. I've never exactly been into the "theater experience" with movies either. Just some clean sound that's not too loud and bassy, so movies sound pretty good to me too...without much activity from the indicator lights. When I crank up some music they'll come to life and I like that. I think they look cool with the music. Just one problem with those indicators. The left side is a little less sensitive than the right. The speakers sound balanced to my ears but even when I'm playing a mono recording (1960s 45 rpm records converted to digital and to TRUE mono) the right indicator jumps up by one notch over the left. It even does it on the FM radio function. Only a minor annoyance. It annoys me but I'll get over it. Speaking of the FM radio, it sounds tinny and weak. I'll probably never use it again after testing it. I tried the USB input with a memory stick full of MP3s. I couldn't get it to work. Didn't try the SD card input because I don't think it can play back pictures which is all I have on SD cards. I don't use Bluetooth so the antenna stayed folded and tucked away. I wish I could take the antenna off completely but it seems permanently attached.tl;dr this long-winded run-on paragraph: The PCA3 sounds good. I wouldn't pair it with any speakers higher than 30 watts or so. One star off combined for the uneven level indicators and all the extras that I didn't want and didn't order. I like it fairly well.