Pyle PVTA80 500W Home Theater Audio Receiver, 4 Vacuum Tubes, USB Reader, CD/DVD Inputs, Bluetooth, Top Panel Controls

Outstanding performance, crisp sound. Easily and cleanly runs a 200w subwoofer and four 100w speakers. And I mean loud and clean, the sound of this is crisp.

Calidad de sonido de muy buen nivel y en conjunto con un buen par de bafles la fidelidad es superior. El punto malo es el ruido que hace el ventilador interno, es como un auto sabotaje

giving a five star review strictly out of the insane reduced price point. I've got mine at through Amazon Black Friday at its usual list. Price definitely would've gotten four stars. A quick YouTube search of the model PVT 80 or Nobsound, or any other hybrid amps in this price range will unveil to you the world that is purchasing imported electronics. However, if you're like me, past when enthusiast becomes modification repair and fabrication hobbiest: there's a lot of really interesting published upgrades you can do if you know how your basic electronics repair and are familiar with working on PCBs. Oddly, though altogether, I think that Pyle's smaller two-tube (6k4?) hybrid amp (PVTA20?) is the best overall. Similarly i thought the PVTA90 was lacking more so than this PVTA80. maybe i didn't wait long enough to break in the tubes, maybe i got one assembled by a some armless guy in a sweatshop holding the soldering iron in his mouth. I don't know man. They're chinese amps. So it's going to be a Chinese amp still every day for the rest of its life you own it. Manage expectations and whatnot. with mine again, not sure if it's just the part I was unlucky to get, but the internal fan that came with mine is really annoyingly loud. Have you ever had a computer that had malware running the CPUGPU hard as h3ll and would kick the fans up to like 150% Standard power, reminds me a little bit like that. It has treble and bass boost/cut shelf equalization, I have no idea where the signal path that happens swear to God it seems like it would be after the preamp somehow because of how poorly toned it is using that feature. whether i am using bluetooth direct in to the amp, or playing vinyl, which i have a tube preamp and a cheap 7-ch EQ it runs through before the RCA-ins on the back: the unit can do +/-14 (imaginary units), but i've never gone beyond +4 for the treble especially, and +6 for the bass. It gets unwieldy fast. Really quite curious. Changing the type of tubes or rating or color of them does not result in as great a difference as I know ought be expected. I am pretty sure I am running mind on a pair of home theater speakers that are custom built to 3 ohms total, and it's not uncommon for any amp advertised to operate 4-8ohm to handle that no problem. But for those thinking it, no I initially had a different speaker set that was 6 ohm per channel and the sound issues were just the same. have i said enough yet?

Amazing tube sound from a very affordable amp. As you know, the price of audiophile gear can be a real budget buster. This little amp is perfect for a small room. Bluetooth is a real plus and the range seems fine for my needs. I have yet to add a sub so I can't comment on the sub out feature. The 500 w rating is very optimistic and the interior fan is way too loud, but easily disabled. I have been going back in my library to listen to the difference over my old system and I'm liking what I hear.

This integrated amp can work well, with a slight modification. I gave it two stars because consumers should not have to be expected to make this modification. Also, even if you were to return it, a different unit cannot be guaranteed to to do anything differently. I m talking about the fan noise. It was a nice effort to put a fan in because heat is a killer to electronics. However, the fan sounds like a turbo fan. For it being so small it s shocking how loud it is. So instead of returning it, i decided to modify the unit by disabling the fan. Here s how to do it: 1. Unplug unit. 2. Take the front fascia off by unscrewing the screws on top. 3. Once off, pull the fascia away. 4. Look inside- you can now see the fan clearly to the left, along with the red and black wires that connect into it. 5. Take scissors and cut both wires. 6. Take the red wire and move it onto the plastic fan housing. 7. Put the front fascia back on and enjoy the music. Regarding sound, the tubes need about 100 hours to break in to begin sounding good. Initially the sound was sterile and the sound stage small. I added one star because after break in it sounds very good, with the sound relaxing and the sound stage expanding. I have these running on paradigm signature s1 v1, biwired, about nine feet apart. The remote works well and is a nice addition, where the competition does not offer a remote. Five stars if the fan issue would get resolved.