RE: DDAR Speakers

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for that Phil, your a star.

I will look into your suggestions.

PS I think I have just fried one of the ASEL chips!!!! bugger!

I'm not sure what I have done but I can smell a slight burning and one of
the chips is hot! bugger again, there's no hope.......ho hum, what's the
chance of Maplins having any....

Thanks Phil,

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 September 2001 13:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] DDAR Speakers
>
>
>
> > Hi Phil, I have not heard any of these speakers so I do not
> know what they
> > will sound like ;-) I just need some informed advice as to
> where is a good
> > place to start!
>
> Depends on your priorities...
>
> > I know you are "genned up" in these sort of things, OK
put it
> another way,
> > what would you buy for your DDAR's?
>
> OK ... I guess I avoided answering the question so here goes.
>
> Scenario 1.
>
> You're looking for a "cheap" solution just to give music.
You're
> wanting to
> use the internal amplifier to save boxes and money. In which case I'd
> probably just wander down to Richer Sounds and buy whatever looks
> nice, fits
> in the allowable space and fits in the budget.
>
> Given the "limitations" of the internal amplifier - 8w,
limited dynamics
> etc. (fact of life not a criticism at all) - then the speakers
> don't make a
> huge difference when you're trying to be as cheap as possible.
>
> Scenario 2.
>
> You're using the DDAR to play music in your PC room through a
> decent-ish amp
> and speakers instead of your PC. (This is likely to be my situation.)
You
> don't want loads of extra speakers. I already have a reasonable
> mini system
> in the shape of a TEAC Reference 300 playing through TDL RTL2
> floorstanders
> in there ... what I would really like is a simple mixer with maybe
half a
> dozen stereo audio inputs to mix together the outputs from the various
PCs
> (4) the DDAR (1) Laptop (1) CD player (1) and Tuner (1) - OK, so
that's
> seven stereo inputs and a few spares would be nice.
>
> Anyone got a suitable mixer that they are no longer using or know
where I
> can get one? Keith, fancy brewing one up? *grin*
>
> Scenario 3.
>
> Small "bedroom" system ... maybe hack the DDAR so that the
volume control
> works on the line outs and look at something like the two channel
Creative
> Labs speaker systems ... the current Dolby Digital / DTS DTT3500
system is
> pretty awesome for what it is (heard it at Ken's the other week) and I
> understand that the Scan system is pretty good too. There's also an
ABiT
> system which has received good reviews on Toms Hardware.
>
> Scenario 4.
>
> Just run it through a spare input on your hifi system.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
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