Pyle 12 Channel Power Amplifier w Bluetooth Wireless- 600W Max Power Rack Mount Amplifier with Multi-Zone Sound Mixer–RCA, USB and AUX inputs-Great for Restaurant, Theater, Studio or Stage- PT12050CH

I like that for a simple home system the hookups to the banana plugs went well and that it's easy enough to hook up speaker wires to reflect sketch location by room. 400 ft2 is filled pretty comfortably (11 oclock set) by 5 speaker house monitor set rated at about 100 w/ ch each. The TV sound out is nice on Aux1 but doesn't promote stereo L/R unless also use Aux 2 or the mysterious RCA Inputs (diagr #18) - as nothing on front label RCA or #18 outputIF the unit were to run 6000 watts then 50 amp circuit would need to be in place ... hmmm ?It would have been nice to have (NTH) an RMS power rating per channnel/4 ohms or 8 ohms.IF there were only 2 or 4 main sets of speakers NTH feature Bridgeable channels with included bridging hook(s).A MAIN volume dial would be pretty useful..for once you have set max levels of the speakers , inputs etc. some random person can operate the MAIN Volume and not likely mess up any of the more than 16 outputs and 6 input controls on frontAlso NTH front 1/4" inputs. Currently OK as can convert rear RCA input to accomodate 1/4" instrument jackPossibly easier to use an instrument preamp combo to go to some of the RCA or Aux inputs so not so many wires to mess with. (e..g. guitar, bass, synth, analog instrument mic) and that is pretapped into RCA audio input (#18 diagram) (, supposedly controlled at front by something not identified as RCA audio input.Possibly the instrument box would go into mic 1 or mic 2 TRS input on back... I guess I'll have to experiment.Some typical Input setup diagram would be nice to have (NTH) for TV, CD, tape, USB, mic1, 2, kareoke, electrical instruments, DVD, 1/8" headphone (3.5mm) inputs, 3.5mm output But for the price point this Unit is great.

Exactly what I was looking for in terms of price and functionality. Not ready for tbe significant investment that comes with Sonos and Control4 but moved into a house that had wall and ceiling speakers installed and a 6 channel amplifier that were over 15 years old.Connected 8 in-wall/ceiling speakers to this along with a subwoofer and it works perfectly. This enables you to control the volume for each individual channel/speaker manually via the knobs. Sound is great.Ultimately I connected a receiver to it so that I was able to leverage multiple sources to play through the speakers.Now that Apple TV has airplay functionality, I'm able to control what gets played in multiple zones. Upstairs I have the 8 speakers plus a sub and downstairs another 6 speakers connected to a different Apple TV and amp. Now I can play content from my phone to both Apple TVs simultaneously which enables me to play the same content to 15 speakers with NO delay.At this price point, this unit is perfect! No remote which means you have to manually do everything. For example, if I want to just have content playing on the 3 speakers in my bedroom and not the other 5, I have to turn down the volume on them. Good tradeoff for the price!

Used this for whole house audio. Connected to Sonos Port. Sounds good. Easy to set up. Set the volume controls pretty high and just use the Sonos app to control the volume. I also have volume control switches on my walls. The dog ear holes did not line up to the holes in my rack so we had to modify this. The only real drawback (reason for 4 stars) is that there is no remote and no trigger. It is a manual power button only. This amp does get hot, and the fans run. So you don't want to leave it on 24/7. So I manually turn on the amp when we want music, and manually turn it off when we are done.Overall a very good product for the money, for my specific application.

Used it to power a multi-room system. Worked pretty well for a few years but as others have mentioned it gets pretty hot, and three years later it seems like the fan is giving out since it makes a very loud noise constantly. Worried its going to over heat so replacing it already.

Grabbed this for a friend who has an entertaining space.They had been using the big Bluetooth PA speakers for ambient music, and while they did the job, they weren't the best solution.On arrival, I noticed that the amp was well packaged, and was very clean for a unit that was returned. I tested all of the channels, and they all worked.Then, I opened it up, to see what it looked like inside. I'm pretty blown away at how clean and simple it is. Now, it's not using discrete output transistors with huge heatsinks, but it does have integrated amps with heat sinks and cooling fans!It looks like it's running 4 channels per amplifier chip, and they appear to be temperature controlled as they don't spin up until the amp has been on and playing for a few minutes. I couldn't find specs on the amplifier type (guessing it's a type D, given the size) but it's got some nice beefy output caps.It's also great because you can play music and use a mic at the same time, and it appears to have mic ducking built in!It would be nice if it reverted back to bluetooth when you power it back up, but it's just 1 button press. Oh, some discrete bass/treble trims would be better than the built in EQ curves (which also reverts to a flat response curve uppn power up), but again, it's not a big deal to press the button for that either.We've found that whatever device you are streaming bluetooth from (Apple TV 4K in our case), this amplifier will wake it and start playing whatever music app you were using last as soon as you set the input to Bluetooth. That's nice.I'll take a couple of pictures of the install this weekend and post pics of that too, if I can.Overall, yeah, I'd but another one of these if I needed to, but I can say with just 10 speakers and a 4000sq ft open space, this 1 amp is plenty!