UPDATE: Doesn't Last / Best mini amp I've used by far
"UPDATE : i've purchased 3 of these from this exact listing, and I have to say, these sound the best UNTIL they die. The same thing goes wrong with these every time and they end up getting blown out some how. I don't know if it's the speaker blowing out, or the amp, but after a few months the sound becomes unusable. It's a real shame cause these really do sound the best at first, they just don't last.
I use a lot of mini amps, and specifically a lot of these "PG-05" models, and these are the only ones that blow out regularly like this. Again it's a real shame cause these sound great until they blow out.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Sounds so much better than all the other little mini/micro amps I've used. I've tried the "TS" brand of the PG-05 and it was awful compared to this one! plus I've used the mini-Marshall amps, the fender deluxe mini, the Dean Markley Mini Amp, and a handful of others, and this is by far the best one I've used.
Some of the 5 watt amps have a real high pitched painful tone, but not this one! So far so good, if anything changes, will update."
All is one - the sound and the money have returned to whence they emerged: nothingness.
"I love this form factor and price, and I actually liked this amp as long as it worked so I gave 1 star of alms, but that may be too charitable because these often break completely almost immediately. I knew from other reviews, and two previous goes, that these things were super-cheap crummy and break spontaneously if they work at all, but I really wanted one that works, so I decided to roll the dice again for $18.
It really worked great for about 4 months and has a decent acceptable sound for such a tiny cheap unit so I was satisfied, but then (and I had been using it VERY carefully/gingerly the whole time) all of a sudden it started distorting and glitching, then progressed to short-circuity kinda' sounds, then it died permanently...3rd one. Maybe I got $18 worth of good use...probably not.
Only get one of these if you are zen enough to be at peace with the transitory nature of all things, because though pretty OK sounding if they happen to work, said functionality is often VERY transitory."
