Many "influencers" have tried to take shots at this impressive bit of kit from Wiim and they are just failing miserably at it. Dollar for dollar I don't know if there is better bang for the buck in the industry. Nothing. Can you do "better" with separates? Of course, but you can't do it cheaper. Whether you are grabbing the Amp Pro as an entry into your first "real" system or putting it into duty in any number of situations, you just can't do better than this. I got the urge to get out of the house and leased a small office for (photography) studio space. I got a pair of desktop speakers for some basic audio but it's just a pain having your tunes going through the same system as your desktop. When I came across the Wiim Amp Pro it was clear it was the perfect solution for my studio space - streams from everything I care about, excuse me, room correction?? Subwoofer management? Great software to stream directly from all the things with top notch processing? Unless your immediate future involves separates, just buy it right now. I agonized over speakers on a tight budget for this little project for a while. I considered doing a powered setup or maybe going with the Wiim Amp instead of the pro. I almost pulled the trigger on the usual suspects in the $400-600 range for speakers and decided I couldn't do that. So, I scored some classics for $100, Mission 731s. For a c-buck what did I have to lose? Playlist prepped and ready and I hooked these 30-year-old speakers up to do my little future-retro setup. Wow. Just, wow. I did the room correction with the 731s hooked up, there's no sub at the moment, I was debating the sub or not forever but decided to snag one but it hasn't arrived. I probably didn't need it because these 88dB sensitivity speakers just absolutely shine with the Wiim Amp Pro. Their rating is right in its sweet spot at 25 to 75 watts. I fired up my typical torture test, the ONE track I can put on that usually tells me in moments if a setup is any good - Giorgio by Moroder by Daft Punk. You just have EVERYTHING going on with this track - spoken word, electronic, bass, classical section, non-stop funk, jazz going on, Nathan East doing the Nathan East thing on bass, full-on lead guitar runs and drums. And, on top of it all, it's incredibly layered. It's a torture test for speakers that can't keep pace with all the layers going on and amps looking to run out of steam. Never happened, track sounds fantastic with this setup even though the Wiim Amp Pro is doing all the work on the bass. Just clean, quiet power throughout, perfect imaging and separation, tight detailed mids with clean and clear highs. That, and bass that no 5" woofer hooked up to a small amp has any business putting out there. All for under $500. It's absolutely insane. I have some more playing to do with this setup but just instantly out of the box with just doing the room correction and Tidal doing its thing, it was glorious. Ran through my playlist that is just all over the place from jazz to chillhop to rock to lo-fi, smooth and nuanced through it all. Hey Nineteen kicked off the list to check the imaging and it nailed it. So What from Miles was there in all its glory, every subtlety from the track that was there including the early bass that a lot of systems turn into a boomy mess. Stop reading, just buy it. Pair it with speakers that suit your style whether they're cheap or old, as long as you aren't asking too much from these with inefficient speakers I think you'll be pleased. I have more work to do to put it through its paces but at this price, I'm confident with the rating now. Just do it. ***Sub Addition Update 2025-02-26*** I scored an Atlantic Technology 162 PBM that's likely 20-25 years old to pair with my setup. It's an 8" sub with 75W as my space is small, I just wanted something tight and punchy to take the bass load off the Mission 731s and the Pro Amp. I expected it to perform better with the 731s getting more power for the mids and highs but I was really astonished by just how good it all sounds. I did the room correction with the sub included and set its crossover to the max so the Pro Amp can fully control the crossover. After some experimentation I set the sub crossover to 50Hz with the gain up halfway. I corrected the room again with this crossover set and got a great corrected curve. With the Pro Amp and 731s unencumbered by producing the low bass now this setup just got that much better. The smoothness, depth, and separation coming out of this setup belies the cost for the entire package of under $600. I fired up Giorgio by Moroder for the torture test and the sound is just so incredibly clean and detailed it's really astonishing. What's really crazy is just how realistic this setup sounds. Putting on So What by Miles Davis (3995 kbps /24-bit /192kHz on Tidal) and it's like I'm sitting in a club with Miles, Trane, and the fellas all there. The opening bass line is now even more tight and punchy. Once it transitions into Miles' first solo the shimmer of Jimmy Cobb's ride cymbal just lingers in space forever. The imaging is perfect, the treble is smooth and detailed, not at all what you would expect from cheap power. This track has a ton of dynamic range and it's all there with no choking at all and perfect transient response. I thought this would be a fun and cool cheap setup; it's far far beyond that - it's definitely in audiophile territory at a crazy price. Buy it, zero hesitation. Just get yourself some efficient speakers (there's a great selection of 731s out there if you want to go my route) and you will be amazed.