200W Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Power Amplifier - 2-Channel Audio Receiver with RCA - USB - SD - MIC IN - FM Radio - Remote Control - AUX Input for Home Theater & Studio Use - PDA29BU.6

My very old Kenwood tuner/amp stopped putting out sound recently. It's a high-end device with inputs for the turntables, tape decks and CD players I've used over the years. These days I mostly used it for TV sound and FM radio. The remote is also complex and multi-functional. I found this device on Amazon and figured I couldn't go wrong at the price, which is a fraction of what I paid for the Kenwood more than 40 years ago. It's also a small fraction of the size of my old one. It nicely meets my needs. I connected the TV, using a digital-to-analog converter and RCA jacks to the back. Then I connected two medium-sized speakers and raised the built-in FM antenna. It's got three modes: auxiliary, radio and blue tooth. The TV runs through the first. The FM has a search mode or you can set for stations using the remote. Reception is quite good. The blue tooth paired easily with my Amazon Fire tablet (I don't use a smart phone). (It also has a mic input using a phono jack on the front but I don't plan to use it.) As a bare-bones device, it's only got volume and tone controls. The latter are adjusted with dials on the front of the box. The quite small remote controls power, mode, volume and FM channel. There's no mute button, but the on/off responds very quickly. It doesn't do most of the things my old amp did, or look nearly as impressive on the shelf. But it does what I need it to do, and it has blue tooth - which wasn't dreamed of when I got the old one. For the price, I don't think you can beat it. UPDATE: After re-reading my review, I think I made it sound more "bare-bones" than it is. In addition to the audio input, FM and blue tooth, it also has an SD card and USB slot, the latter for use with flash drives. The remote can be used to locate tracks on the MP3 source. And the remote has an EQ button that switches among preset values. There's no equalizer readout, so you have to just judge the one you like by ear. All of which is to emphasize that this is a good value for the money.

I have a pair of beautiful vintage TimeFrame 500's that were just sitting there . I have a closet full of various extra amps (yeah, I am one of THOSE guys) but all are simply too big for me to fool with. I have noticed in the past few years that some of this stereo equipment I would have turned my nose up at just a few years ago has been showing up in my house and it is very good for the price. I decided to give this inexpensive Pyle unit a shot. I just needed something small. So, I have been using this now for a few weeks and here is what I think. Outstanding! For the $ it just can't be beat. It has plenty of power to drive most 8 ohm speakers to a very decent level. If I were to turn the volume up beyond 40% it would run me out of the room . Bluetooth connection is stunningly fast. Almost instant. Never misses. Quality, for Bluetooth anyway, is very good. I hooked up a decent quality streamer/DAC. I am running it in thru the RCA connection in back and honestly, using Qobuz, it sounds amazing. Stereo imaging is outstanding. Bottom line, for casual listening, this is a great unit. Not bad looking either! It exceded my expectations!

Seven years ago I moved into a home that was built in 1999. It had a whole house speaker system with speakers in the ceiling of the Family Room, Living Room, Dining Room and Deck, each with their own volume control. The wires all came out of the wall in the Family Room, but they were not hooked up to anything. When we first moved in, I bought the Pyle PDA29BU Wireless BT Stereo Amplifier to power a pair of bookshelf speakers in my workshop in the basement. It was perfect for my needs and sounded great. I used it to play music from my phone via Bluetooth. Yes, the amplifier had some issues. You were required to cycle through the Mode selector to reach Bluetooth mode each time you turned it on. And the ping when the Bluetooth connected was very loud. Also, it had a pretty loud hum when the sound was turned down low. But at this price point, those negatives were q small price to pay. Recently, I decided I wanted to hook up the whole house speaker system to a Bluetooth amplifier as well. After doing some research, and not wanting to throw a lot of money at old technology (also, I have a number of stand-alone Bluetooth speakers in the house already), I again decided go with the Pyle PDA29BU amplifier. But I noticed that the model number had a .6 after it. Obviously, a version 6 of the original. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Pyle had addressed a number of complaints that I and others had with the original PDA29BU. No more cycling through the mode to get to Bluetooth each time I turned it on. No more super loud ping when the Bluetooth connected. And the hum is virtually gone. I paired the amplifier with the PSS6 Pyle 6 Zone Power Speaker Switch Selector to handle the multiple sets of speaker wires in my set up. Now, I’m not saying you would want to pair this amp with your 50 year old Bose 301, 501 or 901’s, but for my purposes, these two components work great together without breaking the bank.

Works good instruction poor but figured it out. Power rating not in true RMS

A great little component. Does everything you want all in a small package. Great sound, bluetooth capability Didn't know what I was missing

Pyle stereo receiver. This item is very small. I bought it for my workshop. Volume control has a large knob but you can also use the remote. The lights on the display are bright enough to read from several feet away. This is not a $500 item but it does deliver good enough for my workshop. I would recommend this to anyone that needs a small receiver for a work area. It does have Bluetooth. It's 110 but does have a jack for a 12v dc adapter.

Love the size, remote and usb input. Audio quality is clear and very good. Unfortunately it has a very noticeable hum when using the ac power, and I tried it with an external power supply (which it has an input for) and the hum is gone but there is a slight hiss, also the power button doesn't work when using the power supply!!!! go figure, so you would have to have it on a switched power strip. It is perfect for what I want but the hum is very disappointing. Have used it for a while but will be looking to replace with something else. Update: I discovered a work around, that if I turn the microphone volume all the way up (with nothing plugged into the mic inputs, obviously) the hum disappears, I know, don't ask, but it works for now!

I had a twenty-five year old shelf system. But when the disc player stopped working I decided to go with separate less expensive components. Well the first piece was this amp. Although I didn't notice it was minus a headphone jack, still have no regrets (so far). It drives my 4 speakers just fine through the old Realistic switch I have had forever. Let's my Echo Dots play through it via Bluetooth with no problems. However the Echo Show will not. Remember this amp is only Bluetooth in, not Bluetooth out. The remote is pretty flimsy, but works as long as you press the whole button, not just in the center. Would have preferred the ability to add a better FM antenna, but enough local stations come in to keep me happy for now. I have added a cheap cd/dvd player and this little amp makes it sound great. To the folks who think it's not loud enough, turn it on, turn the volume knob all the way down then using the remote, set the volume on the display to 0 (zero). Then turn the volume knob on the amp all the way up. After that the remote will raise the volume more than loud enough. Like some folks I did notice a slight hum when nothing is playing. That is solved by just hitting the power switch when you are done. Remember most of the time the off button on the remotes for lesser priced items, just puts them in standby mode. Which keeps enough power on, that many speakers will hum. Only 2 of my 4 did it. Those were the 40 year old ones. The twenty year old ones didn't hum. In fact the new cd/dvd player actually tells you to turn it off at the player and not just with its remote since it also just puts it in standby. The first day I thought it was a little warmer than it should be. But after I cleaned up the mess of actually coiled wires I had attached to it, it hasn't happened again. The microphone jacks work great. By the way, the reason the headphone jack isn't important is the fact that all the other individual components will.