Price: $249.98
(as of Jan 07, 2025 06:08:22 UTC - Details)

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For over 30 years Dayton Audio has specialized in audio components & finished products providing the most affordable solutions around.

Why do we love what we do?

Dayton Audio’s experienced team of designers places a high value on technical excellence, product reliability, and consistency of electro-acoustical performance. Our 30+ years of inspired, rational engineering has led to international acclaim by the loudspeaker community in particular.

What makes our products unique?

Dayton Audio’s mission is to calibrate a fine balance between technology and art in order to exceed our customers’ expectations. Competitive costs and support also feature heavily in Dayton Audio’s vision of excellence.

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BEAUTIFUL: Your turntable (and your better half) will love this amplifier: Classic front panel VU meters, sleek modernized vintage aesthetic and the warm glow of the exposed tubes make the HTA100 a welcome addition to your listening room.
POWERFUL: The HTA100 is as powerful as it is beautiful. This mighty audio amplifier packs a punch, delivering 50 watts RMS per channel of clean power. The Tube Preamplifier section creates subtle amber tone character and warmth for a delightful homage to the classic valve amplifiers of the past.
VERSATILE CONNECTIVITY: With multiple inputs including RCA, Bluetooth, USB DAC, and Phono Preamp, the HTA100 offers seamless modern connectivity to your favorite audio sources, whether it's your Record Player, smartphone, or music player.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: By harnessing the best qualities of both, Dayton Audio's HTA100 hybrid tube amplifier utilizes the classic design of a class A/B amplifier topology while employing vacuum tubes in the preamp circuit for warmth and clarity.
YOU’RE IN CONTROL: Front panel headphone jack for crystal clear private listening, or high conductivity banana speaker jacks perfect for cranking it up! the HTA100 is the ultimate choice for audiophiles who want impress their friends.
Bluetooth 5.0 allows you to stream your favorite music from a phone or tablet
Bass/Treble tone knobs to customize output
Reviewer: PowerGuy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Outstanding!!!
Review: I never, ever... EVER. Write reviews... But this thing... It's a gem at 4x the price. It's beautifully built. Very simple, works well, heavy, tank-like. Great sound. Great reviews. The tubes are a bit of a gimmick, but super cool. The next model up includes more power, more tubes, is bigger and has a motorized volume with remote. If you need more of a slick desktop system... This is it. OH, and don't forget the separate treble and bass adjustments. That was a MUST for me. So great. This is any easy decision. Just. Buy. It. Cheers!

Reviewer: Relic 57
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful Sound for the Money
Review: Khruangbin Amp! (the Khruangbin songs May 9, and Aug 10). I also like Alika Lyman (Night Orchid) and Quincy Jones (Soul Bossa Nova) anything like that. Transformers do not make any any noise, in signal, nor "ambient noise" (hum) in this amp that I notice. Class AB power amp section does not sound dead like a "class D". Lively, sweet. Just enough sound presence to place the edge of the soundstage there. Slight tube sound hologram, altho not exact instrument locations, as-in $5000 stereo imaging. What do I expect from a $240 desk amp! Silk dome tweeters, and paper cone speakers (even inexpensive speakers) do well with this amp, especially efficient speakers. Powers my 1988 JBL L100T3 speakers fine, however I find the JBL's titanium tweeters are a bit brittle, or metallic sounding with the bright "tube-ish" midrange. Might just be me, I still play them. I like the amp so much I ordered the HTA200 also. Bass and Treble controls stay at null, because the mids and highs (with tones at 12 o'clock, null) are kinda nice. Tube midrange should be so nice you don’t want tone control, and this is the case here. BT audio quality is often a unreliable, or dirty compromise in audio quality (compared to several other BT amps, receivers, BT speakers I own) but this Dayton BT input sounds okay. I always use either toslink or the aux RCA jacks, an RCA to Apple lightning adapter cord direct in (because a BT input is always a compromise in audible quality). Sometimes I set my iPhones eq to “Latin”. Subwoofer worked great. Awesome for what it is. I recommend this amp.

Reviewer: Denogginizer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I love things that look cool, and this definitely looks cool with one caveat with the VU Meters
Review: Update 5 months later:Everything is still functioning as expected, but if I use the bass knob to increase the low-end it seems to bring distortion into my Sennheiser HD600 headphones.However, if I increase the bass with the built in EQ in my Wiim Pro streaming device or with a separate EQ component, that does not happen.=====I don't consider myself an audiophile, but I'm close. I want my gear to sound great and (if possible) look good while doing it.This Dayton Audio HTA100 definitely has the looks, but the sound is going to be subjective.The setup:- Wiim Pro connected via optical streaming mostly from local NAS- Sennheiser HD 600 headphonesSo, yeah, this was purchased just to drive the headphones and it does that with ease.I'm coming from a Fiio K5 Pro for the headphones, and while I could not do a A/B comparison, this amplifier definitely seems to have that "warmer and richer" sound. So, if you're into that, this will work for you. That's the subjective part.The Good:- Everything feels solid and well constructed (Gennaro: "Is it heavy?" Tim: "Yeah." Gennaro: "Then it's expensive, put it back.")- Connections feel secure and "clicky"- Bass, treble, and volume knobs feel heavy and smooth- Plenty of connection options- Plenty of power to drive the Sennheiser HD 600 headphones easily- Gorgeous warm colors when the unit is powered onThe Bad:- The VU Meters don't work when headphones are plugged in. They just lay there. That is a HUGE bummer :(If there is a fix for this, PLEASE let me know. It would make this unit perfect!

Reviewer: Jason P. Vanrell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Forget this is $230 amp...
Review: My current system is fairly respectable: Technics 1200 GAE turntable; Audio Technica AT33sa MC cartridge; Lehman Black Cube phone stage w/upgraded toroidal transformer; Klipsch Heresy 1s. This amp does no injustice to this setup.I have been using a Vincent SV-500 hybrid amp for the last 4 years. This is an excellent hybrid in its own right (it's over $1000 more). I also currently have a Fisher 800c tube receiver. This receiver is easily better than most new amplifiers at many times its cost, tube or solid state.Compared with each amplifier, the HTA-100 more than holds its own. The SV-500 I would describe as clean but slightly warm amp overall with a good soundstage. It sounds more like a really good Pass Labs SS amp overall. The Fisher of course is a standout amplifier, extremely liquid with a compatible speaker (like the Klipsch H1s), excellent tonal balance, and everything one likes about a vintage tube amp. I would place the HTA-100 somewhere between the two. It has a bit more tube warmth than either in some areas, however really good SS slam for rocking out, with a huge soundstage in the lower midrange. On the other hand, at lower volumes it is every bit as full, with delicate detail, deep image and amazing musicality overall. I would say it is closer to the Fisher than the Vincent. The best way to describe it is somewhere between the Fisher (or any good vintage tube amp) and good mid-70s coupling capped solid state. I no longer use the SV-500 and will be selling it. I use an A/B switch now switching between the HTA-100 and the Fisher to my Klipsch.I have not used the built in phono, as I use the Black Cube to support my cartridge.The Bluetooth works extremely well (I could stream from my phone anywhere in the house on 3 floors) and sounds really good for a wireless digital source. Every major input is available. Coaxial/optical digital, line-level analog, MM phono. It is also excellent with my TV.Build quality is top notch. The 5 year warranty is as good as any out there.Don't consider the HTA-100 as a $230 amp that happens to be a good value. It is a genuinely good amplifier in its own right. I would give it 6 stars if it were possible.

Reviewer: Cliente de Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: El amplificador es una buena opción de compra, está bien construido y se siente de buena calidad. Lo tengo en mi oficina con unas bocinas bookshelf Mourdant Short Mezzo 2, la nitidez es buena y la calidad de audio es excelente. Obviamente no es un equipo high end, no se puede comparar con los amplificadores de bulbos de alta gama, pero si buscas un equipo high end, con buena relación precio/calidad es para ti. Te recomiendo usarlo con las mejores bocinas que pueda pagar tu bolsillo. Vale la pena.

Reviewer: johnchef
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Still burning in,fifty hours done , sound improving nicely,Not as harsh as solid state to my ears,Running a sub with it to boost the bass ,Happy with the sound and improving daily,Good quality build, quite fan running cooler than I had expected but not pushing it to much.

Reviewer: Bazza
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very happy with this amp the sound is warm and distinct, no problems worth worrying about for what this amp costs.I have no issue of the amp not having a remote control, after all if you are playing a vinyl , then you will be constantly up and down to change records, and guess what, getting off your backside occasionally, you may even loose a few pounds.

Reviewer: Jvirtual
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Fue una gran mejora la adicción de la entrada de audio por usb ya que era imposible anteriormente conectar una PC sin necesidad de algún convertido alcanzado calidades de 24 bits 192Khz.

Reviewer: Eduardo Jimenez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Es la versión más reciente de del HTA100BT, que ahora se llama solamente HTA100 mantiene la conexión BlueTooth e incluye una interfase de audio USB para usarse como salida de la computadora, además de las entradas digital, auxiliar, fibra optica y fonocaptor (phono) para tornamesas . El sonido es excepcional con graves y agudos bien definidos, es recomendable usar bafles pasivos grandes y de buena gama.Muy buena relación costo beneficio. Muy recomendable.