Dayton Audio HTA100BT integrated

Okay, am I the only one who notices some kind of noise gate circuit on the AUX in? I saw one other person say something in a post I can’t find now 😶. When the signal gets very low, the noise gate kills the audio completely, and then is very slow to turn it back on. Like, it cuts off the first half second of each song. And forget about listening to dialog on it. It’s completely silent for the first half of every sentence. No such issue on the optical in, but then again, a digital in wouldn’t need a gate, would it? Which begs the question, what in blazes is a manufacturer doing by putting a noise gate in a hi-fi amp, rather than addressing the source of noise? (I forgot to mention, this thing is noisey. Anyone else???) It’s like an admission of guilt. Anyway, I’m contacting the vendor. Maybe my unit is faulty.

Molingus, I noticed that as well using the aux 1 input. Haven't tried the rest of the inputs, though.  But for the price of the unit and for my purposes,  it does one hell of a job. Admittedly, not hearing that first half a second can get annoying. (I use this amp only when I listen outdoors.)

molingus - I have the exact same problem with the Dayton Amp with the tube pre-amp. I edit audio on my PC and need to hear the first second of everything, so I can’t use it with the PC. It is good to know that the optical doesn’t have this issue. I will try that.

Otherwise, for everyone else, it looks cool sitting on the desk but I hate the fan. It’s too noisy. With the noise gate (presumably) on the Aux input and fan noise, I’m glad I only paid $100 for it as an open box unit. It’s about to be listed on ebay... or maybe the garage stereo amp.

For the price, and with reasonable expectations, you get a fun little amp. No complaints here.

Still loving mine. Still amazes me for the price.  I see that Pyle now offers something similar, but with much better looks.