LEPY LP-2020A Amplifier

I have been into hi-fi for the last 30 years. I was recently asked by a friend about this amp as he wanted something cheap to go with an internet radio. He wanted it to power an old pair of mission speakers. I was not aware that this sort of product was available, and for the price I was very sceptical. However the reviews piqued my interest and at £18.53 delivered I decided to buy one and have a play. The seller said it would arrive a few weeks later between 21/1/17 and 31/1/17. It duly arrived on 21/1/17. It was very well packaged and when opened I was surprised by the build quality of the amp, much better than I expected. All the amp controls worked smoothly and even the spring clip cable connecters were good. The power supply unit seems also to be well made with the exception of the UK mains plug which can easily be changed. The specs for the amp stated 20 amps RMS but the amp says 25 watts! Also as well as the single stereo phono input there is a shared 3.5mm jack I put. I connected the amp to a pair of what dale diamond 9s with 43 strand cable and a QED Bluetooth puck into the phono input. Using a Google Nexus 7 and Spotify premium I sat down to listen. I started with the amp in direct mode, the tone controls out of circuit but was disappointed by the flat thin sound that I was greeted with. I switched the tone controls into circuit and continued to play. First up some reggae to test the bass. Notching the bass showed this little amp is not shy with deep bass, considering the size of the speakers very impressive. My wife swore I had the subwoofer turned on. I settled on bass to 1 oclock as this gave a good response over a wide range of musical genres without any booming. With the treble I also ended at 1 oclock. Over the few days I have been listening I am absolutely blown away by the sound quality occurred from such a small cheap unit. If it was packaged in a full sized case with a £200 price tag I would not be disappointed. I am now listening to Jessica Hoop, kismet acoustic, and this sounds as good as my Arcam solo, if not better, lovely open midrange. I was initially worried that with a cheap power supply that the noise floor would be intrusive but no, silence in the quiet passages. I cannot comment on reliability or longevity or the various other amps that are similar, mine is LP-V3S,not actually the model I ordered. All I can say is that this little amp is an absolute bargain, size isn't everything.

It's like a phone that just makes phone calls: no bells and whistles (except you can to use its tone controls). Signal tweaks can done at source, and speaker quality is your choice. Sound quality is always subjective, but it seems good to me.I stream and play video on my PC, but my 40 year old amp died. I bought a Bluetooth amp: it's great for audio, but the audio latency made the sync difficult for video (VLC can be adjusted with some fiddling), but hopeless for streaming. That's going on ebay.This unit is wired, so no latency, and perfect video sync.The inputs and speaker output are standard, and transferred from my old amp with no problem.It has a great footprint - smaller than a takeaway carton, so it will fit anywhere.No problems with it so far, but even if it broke down once a year, I'd still get the same.

No complaints, for its price it works great, the EQ knobs I would recommend just leaving out and changing the EQ in software, but I cant really fault the product for it at such a low price point.Hooked up to my speakers, sound is great, though getting the amp on my desk was a bit tricky, as the DC wall adapter provided had quite a short cable, it being only about 1 meter long, though I'm sure that that would be enough to suffice the needs of most people.Would recommend, at this price point, I feel like this is the best value for money you could get.

I bought this so that I could use a pair of old hi-fi speakers with my PC. (Just for info you cant connect hifi speakers to a PC without an amp of some description). Space is very limited on my desk and the amp needs to sit in a small (4 inch) gap between my screen and one of the speakers. This amplifier fitted perfectly and works wonderfully. The quality of sound is brilliant and the volume, treble and bass controls work well and provide more than adequate adjustable controls for my purposes. I am very happy with this purchase and would recommend to anyone with limited budget, space or both!!

This amp is a bargain. Perfect for a TV amp .low to med volume sounds great .

Does the job nicely, brilliant piece of kit for the price and size, would recommend. However expect having to buy an extra power supply unless you plan to plug it right by a socket as cable is only about 40cm long if that!