great little amp – UPDATE – August 2011, January 15, 2011

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Jon Norris (Oregon, USA) – See all my reviews

  

  

This is a sweet little stereo amp based on T-amp chip technology. It is clean and powerful for its size. It comes with a wall wart power supply, but could also be battery powered if one desired. There are input connections in stereo RCA jacks and a 1/8 inch (3.5mm) stereo plug for mp3 players, CD players, video players, etc.

There is an actual power switch instead of a pot-based switch as on similar models previously offered by Sonic. There are also Bass and Treble controls, which can be quite handy in tailoring the sound a bit to the speakers and space.

I am using these for small PA applications and for desktop computer sound. I have plans to create a small guitar amp setup as well. I have used 6 of these in my “day job” and was so impressed I started buying them for home.

I have driven spot monitors like Carvin PM5-Bs and even JBL 10 inch 3-way studio monitors with these and similar amps, and they work very well, especially for small areas. One of…

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Astonishing, April 24, 2011

Currently running Pandora via Netflix, through this box, into old Dalhquist speakers.

Sound is simply astonishing. No distortion, strong warm base, a little muddled in the middle (but hey, it cost less than on Amazon), runs cool, very loud at 1/4 volume.

I’m a techie, having build many amps over the past 30 years, including tube amps (Dynaco 70).

- There are plenty of amps that cost 10x this, which don’t come close in terms of sound quality.

This is my first review.

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Miracle!, February 7, 2011

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Nailong Guo (Charlotte, NC USA) – See all my reviews

  

The outside quality is adequate. The sound is full and balanced with a wide range. I didn’t expect that the lows could be so strong and deep from such a tiny closed aluminum box (still cool with running for a long time, say one hour from my impression) costing only about with shipping and handling charges. It’s a miracle! When the volume is up to 2/3, there is still no discernable distortion. The 3.5mm input jack is extremely convenient for you to connect almost every audio source.

The only weakness to date is that there is a noise (not big though) when I shut down the power, even if I turn down the volume to zero.

In a word, this product is almost perfect for its purpose, especially when you take its size and price into account. If you need a simple and compact stereo, buy it ASAP, since the price could go up soon, and since you’ll be most likely impressed.

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