None of these new-generation, high quality cheapie amps have BALANCE CONTROLS. What are we supposed to do, move our speakers around or tilt our heads to one side? Honestly, I love all the new Class D options we have, but ditching the balance control is a deal breaker for me. At least when they've left out the bass and treble controls, you can always get a cheap, used graphic equalizer.
Anyway, I put this post up not just to bitch -- though bitch I will and must -- but to ask everyone else out there what do you do/have you do about amps like this w no balance? I mean, if one has to stick a preamp in front of it to get a balance control, that completely defeats the purpose of a cheap all-in-one,
Finally, it does not have three choices on the input selector. Technically, yes. But in the real world, it has one and a half. Most people don't use both XLR and RCA, so those two choices are really only one. I'm counting BT as a "half" choice. It's not aptX, so why would I use ****** BT in a high-fidelity system at home? I don't.
I guess you do need some kind of switch box and/or pre-amp with this thing if you want both a balance control and (a reasonable/normal number of) input options.