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Pyle PCA1 2-Channel

$41.00 Est. at Amazon

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it made my kitchen so super special as we can have wireless music flowing from my husband's computer room to our kitchen.
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however, if you have room for the amp-100 at twice the price, the sound is much better, it can drive bigger speakers, and it looks sleek.
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the frequency response also seems good; it's definitely better than the response for the speakers i have it hooked up to right now, so i can't really comment on the limits.
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it has more than enough power to drive some mid level 12" drivers to normal listening levels.
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it handles input from my zunes headphone jack just fine at all volume levels.

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Positives: Number Of Channels: 2

2 RECOMMENDED by 18 people for OVERALL

Pyle PTA2

$77.00 Est. at Amazon

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it is quite small and the having multiple inputs and a headphone jack is a plus.
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i was looking for a small amplifier in which to plug my hd tuner, my tv, and my cd/dvd player.
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i purchased this to provide channeled audio for my training room at work.
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anyone who needs more than 40 watts per channel is probably working with a very large area.
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i had some extra speakers i wanted to drive with something hooked up to my computer and/or dvd player.

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Positives: Number Of Channels: 2

3 RECOMMENDED by 14 people for OVERALL

Tic Industries AMP10

$78.00 Est. at Amazon

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i am using it on the deck with 4 phoenix gold 5 1/2" outdoor speakers.had to replace antenna with a cheap dipole indoor antenna and it works fine for fm and mp3 player.
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the receiver came with all cables need to hook up a cd player or an mp3 player.
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all of this was from the provided 3.5mm headphone jack to 3.5mm headphone jack cable that came with the unit hooked up to my iphone.
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- it remembers 20 or 30 channels, i forget how many because...
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sound quality (sq) was really poor; sounded like a loudness button was on: heavy on bass, not good for low listening levels, though it got better with louder volumes.

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4 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for OVERALL

Marantz SR5003 Home theater receiver

$675.00 Est. at Amazon

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i scrapped all of the audessey settings, entered everything manually and it sounded much better (although annoyingly you can't set the sub crossover any lower than 60hz).
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i did a 5.1 configuration and powered my outdoor speakers with the extra rear channel amp.
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it replaced an analog 2 channel preamp because i decided to add a display and needed hdmi switching.
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now that i have had a chance to listen to it with the blu-ray as well as listening to it in 2-channel mode (music) i can report that i am very pleased with the sound quality and separation in both
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if you are listening to a cd and then switch to aux1, the remote also sets itself to control aux1 instead of the receiver, even if you don't have anything actually set to be controlled as aux1.) i

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Positives: Number Of Channels: 7

5 RECOMMENDED by 0 people for OVERALL

Nady XA1100

$338.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Number Of Channels: 7

Jobsite A45-X2

$270.00 Est. at Amazon

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The Name threw me but this was exactly what I wanted.

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Positives: Number Of Channels: 2

NAD C 165BEE

$850.00 Est. at Amazon

Pyramid PYRPA305

$163.00 Est. at Amazon

Plantronics MX10

$118.00 Est. at Amazon

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Plantronics actually sells a 'phone lifter' for this.
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Like all other Plantronics hardware it feels cheaper then what the price is.

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NAD C 275BEE

$1,074.00 Est. at Amazon

Boston Acoustics Voyager SA1 Outdoor Subwoofer

$442.00 Est. at Amazon

Knoll GSZ67

$2,032.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Number Of Channels: 12

Velodyne SC1250

$888.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Number Of Channels: 2, With Remote Control

NAD PP-3

$174.00 Est. at Amazon

Marathon DJ-1000

$146.00 Est. at Amazon

Marantz PM8003

$885.00 Est. at Amazon

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I own a Marantz Model 30 Integrated Power amplifier that is 35 years old.
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With most of the name manufacturers producing fewer and fewer 2 channel audio components, it's really good to see that Marantz still knows how, and still cares, to build a great integrated amp.

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Positives: Number Of Channels: 2, With Remote Control

Audiovox Jensen MOD10-35 35W 10" Replacement 16

Audiovox Jensen MOD10-35 35W 10" Replacement Speaker 16 ohm Amplifier

$35.00 Est. at Amazon

Positives: Exterior Color: Transparent

Onkyo A-5VL

$558.00 Est. at Amazon

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Since my favorite mid price brand (Harman Kardon) does not offer much in the integrated amp area, the focus shifted to another popular and easily available name -Onkyo.
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I purchased this amplifier because I wanted something better than even a high-end iPod dock (such as the Bowers & Wilkins Zepplin.) I wanted to use my iPod (actually iPhone 3GS) as the source for a small and mid-priced, but high-end audio system and I didn't want to sacrifice music quality or convenience.

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