Re: Amplifier and Speakers

["mark90h" <mark.heyhoe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I just bought a couple of amps on ebay (nothing special)for around=20
=A326 each, but they come with remote control to do something similar.=20
I've connected one up to the tape out on my AV amp in the lounge to=20
power some extra speakers in the dining room / kitchen works a treat=20
and was cheap which was great after all the expense of re-wiring the=20
house. Try and get one with a remote so you can control the volume=20
in the other room if you go this route.
Will probably use the other a bedroom linked squeezebox or similar.


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tawn, Jonathan"
<jonathan.tawn@j...>=20
wrote:
> Yeah, I use an old Marantz (how poor do I feel when you can use=20
Linn for
> your kitchen!!!... he he !!) for my bathroom / study type of place.
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> I bought it 2nd hand with 2x dodgy inputs (phono and tape) and=20
paid a
> whopping =A310 for it - admittedly, it wont win any awards on=20
aesthetics, but
> stuck in a cupboard with a remote volume switch thing on the wall,=20
nice !
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> JT
> Jonathan Tawn
> EDS Desktop Services.
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> 		-----Original Message-----
> 		From:	Mark Harrison (Yahoo!) [mailto:mph@a...]
> 		Sent:	Friday, 19 March, 2004 13:15
> 		To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> 		Subject:	Re: [ukha_d] Amplifier and Speakers
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> 		Personally, I have a Linn set up in the kitchen,=20
driven by a
> Rio Receiver as
> 		the source, so I don't think that the Richer Sounds=20
route is
> overkill at
> 		all.
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> 		However, I fully endorse the "second-hand hifi is=20
fantastic"
> value line.
> 		Most of the hi-fi in my house is second-hand / ex-
demo /
> previously owned /
> 		insert eumphemism here.
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> 		Second-hand speakers are particularly good, since=20
you can
> generally tell on
> 		a very quick demo whether they work or not - 99% of=20
failure
> modes are
> 		immediately obvious.
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> 		Amps are almost as good. If you're realistically=20
going
> single-source, then
> 		you can pick up a bargain with "one or two inputs=20
broken"
> provided one of
> 		them is still good.
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> 		CDs / DVDs are the most dodgy - moving parts =3D=20
things to go
> wrong... and
> 		they can have complex failure modes that you don't=20
spot
> until too late :-(
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> 		M.
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> 		----- Original Message -----=20
> 		From: "Tawn, Jonathan" <jonathan.tawn@j...>
> 		To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> 		Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:27 AM
> 		Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Amplifier and Speakers
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> 		Hi Nick,
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> 		What are your thoughts on using a 2nd hand amp ?
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> 		Jonathan Tawn
> 		EDS Desktop Services.
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