Customer Reviews

AudioSource Amp 5.1A 100-Watt Monoblock Power Amplifier

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AudioSource is well known for providing good value for the price and they don't dissapoint with their 5-series amps. There's nothing in its price-range that has similar quality.

The output isn't quite as rich a Bruce Moore 70, but at 1/20th the price, it's a great deal.

I use pairs of these in my conference rooms. They provide pleny of power, are small, support both balanced and unbalanced inputs, and the auto-power feature means I don't even have to touch them; when the audio source is turned off so do all the amps.

I recommend adding the EQ25.1 to tune the sound to your room.

This Amp did not disappoint! Our main Dolby 5.1 audio system has one big drawback: the speakers are all mounted in the downstairs ceiling and my daughter's room is right above them so I can' run them after 7:00pm when she goes to sleep. Problem is, without a true center channel running, my wife and often have trouble picking up dialog from the weak built-in speakers of our 61" JVC HDTV.

The solution was a Midiland ADS 2000 DTS Decoder outputting just the center channel signal to a single AudioSource 5.1A Monoblock and a Polk Audio RM6902 speaker to supplement those weak built in speakers of the 61" JVC. Now we get to have our cake (i.e. hear the dialog clearly from the center channel) and eat it too (still hear the left and right channels where the music and other background sounds are). All without needing to fire up the main 5.1 dolby digital amp.

Best of all, I don't have to get up to turn the AudioSource Amp on: it just turns itself on when I turn on the power to the Midiland Decoder. I can even control the center channel volume with the Midiland remote. Needless to say, I'm a happy customer.

Now for the nitpicking: it sure would be nice if the product was offered in some sort of gray color in addition to black. I don't use enclosures so as to prevent overheating of my A/V components, so the black color of the Amp really stands out from all my other gray & silver devices. Also, the power LED is a bit too bright and calls too much attention to itself.

These amps are great. A very good way to work your way up to 5.1, 7.1, or any configuration. Reliable, clean, and a front-panel volume to make balancing a system easy. I am an audio professional, and would recommend these to anyone who needs good sound to grow on (on a budget).

These amps are small enough to hide anywhere and produce clean and loud sound. The ability to daisy chain them together saves power outlets. The lack of a remote means you have to find them and turn them on any time you want to use them. They have an auto on feature but I've never been able to make it work to my satisfaction.

I bought this to add a center rear speaker position for my home surround system. It works OK, but a little buzzy at higher volumes. A bit large too.