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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The presentation is fun, but not overly massaged. It appears to be very solidly built. There is no reason to expect thermal stress or dust to shorten its life.

Download the drivers for windows 10. The bluetooth works fine! The usb connectivity works great, as does the rca inputs - the choice is yours.

Smsl sa300 delivers clean crisp sound and has plenty of volume for my purposes. The sound quality is better than my 15yr old $3,500 integra avr. Sound processing can be tweaked with selectable equalization settings. They drive almost every speaker i o...  Read More

It replaced my bulky onkyo receiver, it gets louder, runs waaay cooler and it sounds better being less than half the size. There is not a crossover so the full range of audio goes to all speakers including the subwoofer.



Cons

Using it stifles the amp's performance, imo. Chinese made transistor radios, their quality is * poor. The speakers clip (popping noises) at 85% volume.

Screen is flickering and the amp is completely useless. No settings or controls are visible or functioning. Issue replicates when i change out cables and cut out any rf in the room.

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Quality


Sound quality is excellent and the lowpower mode is exactly what i wanted


Dac sound quality is as good as my 11yr old ps audio digital link 650 at the time plus this has the benefit of an eq


Needless to say because of the inclusion of aptx the bluetooth experience here is absolutely flawless no cuts no skips no delay...  Read More


This little amp is remarkably impressive for the price the build quality is solid and it is whisper quiet with no input signal

Packaging/appearance


I will hold on the the box a few more week though


But l miss the nfc connection on the ad18


I got sound from tv speakers when i put the sa300 on usb in selection but nothing was plugged into the usb in on the back of the sa300

Competitiveness


I needed to replace the amplifier for a pair of audioengine a2 speakers


This an smsl sanskrit 10th mk ii replaced my aging office nearfield setup previously consisting of an early2000s higher end de...  Read More


As a previous owner of an smsl headphone amp i knew this company knew what they had to do to make goodsounding electronics


99 these components are a nobrainer for anyone looking to put together an inexpensive replacement system or firsttime foray int...  Read More

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 980 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 10 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I didnt need to use any of the controls available on the remote so i did not try the remote control


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have tried all of them fosi audio suca audio and nobsound


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Obvious that the bass will not be that impactful given its exaggerated power claim


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have one issue with the remote


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is cheaply made and rarely work unless it is directly in front of the amp


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ive also tried out bluetooth connectivity and it works fine


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The power touch button stopped working


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I didnt have any intention of replacing it at 400 and went looking for an alternative

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