Many of us out there have noted, with some sadness, at what passes muster for good sounding speakers these days

So now I have to buy better speakers to let this little beast reach it's potential

For anyone out there like me, with a pair of really great sounding passive bookshelf speakers which they would love to use again, or use as computer speakers, then this is the amp for you

The manufacturer recommends a 120 Watt RMS amp to power these speakers and they sounded great with the SMSL AD18 HiFi Audio Stereo Amplifier

You don't need some expensive sound card, just plug and play and it will power any set of passive high quality bookshelf speakers as well as allow easy connection to a subwoofer

Or if you have a set of good analog speakers laying around, you can get alot out of them by spending a few bucks on this

Decent power, but make sure you have relatively efficient speakers.

I just needed to power some old cheap speakers that I've had in storage for a long time, the amp works great, the speakers..... NOT

I just needed to power some old cheap speakers that I've had in storage for a long time, the amp works great, the speakers..... NOT

The sound quality of the SMSL amp is many times better with these speakers--amazingly crisp and clear music!

: Video was updated to prove to the doubters that 'Yes indeed, it can - power those in-efficient speakers!

Drives my ceiling mounted speakers well and fills a 20 by 20 room.

I'd buy one again if I had more efficient speakers to drive.

For anyone out there like me, with a pair of really great sounding passive bookshelf speakers which they would love to use again, or use as computer speakers, then this is the amp for you

I suspect it would work a lot better with Klipsch or other more modern efficient speakers.

Basically, they suck for the most part, unless you are willing to spend way too much $$ for overpriced powered speakers that have (IMO) just average sound quality

I'm conflicted, I love this little unit a lot as it brings a lot of nice good power to my (admittedly not per hungry) speakers