I have the three matched components at home - CDII, Ampster II and Tuner II and Tangent X4 Speakers plus the older AS-160 subwoofer. My lounge isn't huge but this system sounds amazing in there. Main playback source is Daphile for mp3 + FLAC plus online radio, Deezer, etc, all running on a NUC with Topping D10 DAC. Audiophile quality for less than £500!

I’ve got a BT II and, yes, it’s a cracking amp. I can confirm that the Bluetooth codec does support Aptx HD. It has to be forced, but it does work, and the sound quality improves considerably.

Hi, I saw the Ampster BT2 for the first time in your video. The SMSL SA300 was not available due to Corona, but I found the Ampster BT2 at a dealer. Ordered immediately because all other dealers were sold out. Hey that was great advice! Had the Sabaj A3 before and that's no comparison. Much more pressure, precision and dynamic. Really great and worth the money. It works with Canton Plus XL and an ASF 75 subwoofer. A great sound experience for my home office! Thanks for your video and your great advice. Excuse my english. It's not my language ...

Found this vid looking for an SMSL SA300 review and glad I watched! Thanks for showing this off

Bought one after watching this video and couldnt be happier, paired with Wharfdale 12.1 speakers it sounds amazing. Using the BT function Ive streamed music from my PC and phone and even hooked it up to Alexa to stream radio stations and it all sounds great. My one niggle is it cant handle multiple BT connection so each device has to be disconnected before hooking up another. Just rewatched the video and thanks for telling me what the IR extender was, I couldnt work that out!!! Not that I need it as it looks cool so I wouldnt want to hide it.

I have one of these for my desktop PC and it's excellent. Not just "excellent for the money", either. If you heard this and someone asked you how much you thought it cost, you would guess a *lot* more than £150.

Gran Review. consulta ¿Tangent Ampster BT II o Arylic A50+ ?

Great review! Is there anything else you know of similar to this which has more inputs and bit more power? I found a Yamaha 202D but it does not have binding posts otherwise that would have been the one for me. Thanks in advance

Yo is it possible to connect this thing to an audio interface? I'm not seeing any output ports.

I own Ampster II 2 years, connected to PC via DAC. It has very handful signal autodedect at Line-In input.

Actually this really just swayed me more to AD18 or SA300/Topping combo.

I got the matching cd player, loved it. Didn't do gapless. Deal-breaker 😟

How are you connecting it to your PC? I notice the USB port says "usb charge", so I assume its not a USB DAC? So this requires an external DAC for PC?

not an SA300 killer, but not a bad amp.

I always think of booty when I've got my tangent in my hand....and I'm not even gonna go to me bananas 🙄

could you recommend bookshelves speakers to match this amplifier? I would connect it to the TV

This is only a generic China amplifier sold under different names. In Norway it is sold under the name Andersson for half the asking prize of Tagent.

Not available in North America.

What is the name of the monitor stand? The one I can find at Ikea is not the same :(

Hey! Would you still recommend this amp today? Any alternatives in the same price range instead? I don't particularly need Bluetooth, I'm thinking of getting something second hand instead from eBay, but with older models I'm worried about a hiss/crackle etc. Speakers- Dynaudio emit M10. Thanks!

I have this with Magnat quantum 503. When we moved pur new place for tv set is not good for speakers. All bass is gone and i feel s i should sell them all.

I bought this amp and had to take it back as it has a silly feature that you can not change or disable it’s the standby in 15 min Option. As on a pc your not using sound all the time and means it’s useless for pc media users. Shame as it was a cracking amp but let down by a silly feature. And before you say you can use the phono to wake the amp you can do that but the problem is anything that sends sound for a sec like a notification you missed it. And then the amp will turn off again also I want to use the built in dac of the amp not the pc which you can only do with the optical. It’s a bad feature. The manufacture could of added a 4 option like 30mi. 1 hour 2 hour or off that would of not been hard to do. Had to go for another amp which cost more just because of this and lost me as a customer. Silly silly feature.

work with airplay iphone without installing app?

Hello. How do you connect it to a pc? i saw only a usb charging port. thanks

Hi! do you know how to equalize? I read the manual, but when I try to increase the bass by holding the stop button, it just makes the track stop...

Does the amp have Bluetooth output as well so you could connect your wireless headphones?

Mine is stuck on standby and won’t actually choose an option (e.g BT, aux or anything). Do you know why?

No headphone section right?

MX Free 😂

my ears bleed !