RE: cheapest multi-zone amp available?

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did think about PC and KX drivers - been running them here for 5-6
years :) But I don't think he wants a PC on all the time.

Are the Sonic Impact those that were discussed here several years ago? I
was going to ask about them - audiophile quality and cheap???

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Tim Hawes
> Sent: 14 January 2009 14:25
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] cheapest multi-zone amp available?
>
> No problem :-) Although the exchange rate is a bit poor at the moment,
> that amp doesn't end up *that* much different from a Sonos solution.
>
> If you can sort out source selection (kxdrivers & Creative
soundcards
> in a PC perhaps?) then 2nd hand or Freecycled "separates"
amplifiers,
> one for each zone, could work. It's what I'm running here: xLobby for
> source selection in each zone (although zoning not quite working yet,
> grrr) with the soundcard output fed to several discrete amps. already
> etc. Even my soundcard was from Freecycle :-)
> It's not as elegant on the amp side, but if he has a home theater
> system that's one zone amp already...
>
> Also, what about the Sonic Impact T-amps that were knocking around a
> few years ago. Very small, reasonably cheap but excellent sound,
> apparently.
>
> HTH,
>
> Tim.
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Thanks Tim,
> >
> > Yeah - good kit but way too expensive for him - He can't even my
old
> Kustom multi-zone amp before I upgraded to Russound CAV6.6's
> >
> > I'm thinking more the second hand or low cost new component route
:)
> >
> > Paul.
>
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