Sound Town 180W 6-Zone 70V/100V Commercial Power Amplifier with Bluetooth, Aluminum, for Restaurants, Lounges, Bars, Pubs, Schools and Warehouses (PAC180-6)

Our church has very vintage equipment and the amplifier for our classroom speakers makes a constant hissing noise. I tested this amp using my phone with bluetooth at home with a 70 volt speaker and no hissing. Therefore I am going to try it in the church audio system and hopefully it is quiet there also. The price is great and although not high-end equipment it is better than the existing amplifier. I cannot comment yet on sound quality but functionality seems good. Bluetooth works great. I did not try the microphone or line inputs yet but am confident they will be okay.

We use this at 70 volts for our restaurant sound system. It makes daisy chain wiring possible and easy. We have multiple zones which are easily controlled individually. Driving ten six inch speakers and two twelve inch subwoofers. Importantly for a restaurant, it is set and forget. Once one has the balance set for each zone, the master volume is all anyone needs to adjust. So numerous staff can learn very quickly how to do it.

Well built and HEAVY transformer. Excellent value for 360W 70V amp. Only 2 nits so far: 1) Bluetooth (and probably FM too) doesn't get mixed down to mono. It just throws away the left channel and only amplifies the right side. This would have been so easy and cheap to do. Boo. 2) FM tuner doesn't save station presets, and doesn't even remember the last frequency it was tuned to before being powered off. Best to not lose that remote! I knew this before buying (from other reviews) and was okay with it. Giving it 4 stars because for my application (mostly using line inputs) it seems to do what I need. If you are going to be using FM or Bluetooth inputs, you might want to consider if these problems are a deal breaker for you

Overall this is a great amplifier however don't think of this as a traditional multi zone meaning you cannot select different sources for each zone. Only thing you can do is run each zone at a different level. I have used this brand of amp for years for sound outside for our small town fireworks show. I run it a out 80% from 9 am until after 10 pm when the show is over. This is outside Texas heat. I do keep it under the shade, don't want to risk it. I'm running 12 speakers set at 16 watts and have great clear sound. Trying the Bluetooth this year and it sounds super clear. Typical range of 10 meters so don't go too far with your source.

I had been purchasing this for two times already, they all have been working great.recommended.

This zone amp sure simplifies my lay outs in hotel environments-don't have to daisy chain volume controls from single zone amp

The 70 volt connections and volume adjustments are great. Install this in a restaurant. One thing I noted is that the 8 ohm choice for speaker output has no separate volume control and I had to install a volume control for that option that was separate from the unit. Excellent sound quality.

It does what I needed it to do which is take the line output from my main audio mixer and send it to another room via surface mount speakers. However there are some things you should know before buying. --The fan is very loud. Louder than my main service power amps and there is no way to turn its speed down for a more quiet operation due to myself keeping it in a server rack. --The rack ears are not placed in standard spots. I've had to include a small gap between a rack spacer and the unit as the holes don't match the exact corners from other rack mount ears. There are machined slightly lower than others --It takes stereo bluetooth/radio..etc to left side mono only. It doesn't collapse LR to mono... it only uses the left channel. --Volume knobs are indented but only activate after 3-4 notches and its not linear. I love the features it has but its very noisy even in a sound isolated server rack with ample airflow

Buen producto buena relacion de precio y calidad lo recomiemdo lo. Instale en un restaurante y funciona al 100