When I say 20 Yards I am talking about cable length. I am not sure if I
need 20 yards or not I was just trying to get an understanding of what
people would consider is acceptable for length of signal and speaker
wires?
I do not have a basement only solid concrete floors. I am currently
GregW Wrote:
This amp is rack mount and I will have a rack in the study could I
mount the Amp in the study and run the signal from the SB to the Amp
and the Amp to the speakers of a distance of up to 20 yards?
20 yards of wire travel, or straight line distance?
Ideally the amp would be in
OK, I believe I am getting somewhere now.
I need to choose some speakers, either wall mount or ceiling mount.
I need to mount the SB on the wall somewhere, I think I can do this
with either a shelf or recess in the wall and make it look fairly
smart.
And I need to hide a signal sensing AMP, such
azinck3 Wrote:
This thread discusses the Dr. Amp which seems quite nice:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23826
The Keene amp you referenced has miserable specs (1% THD, and 60dB
SNR!?). But if sound quality doesn't matter to you and you really want
the on-wall preamp
I can't vouch for the sound quality of the amp I linked to. If you have
$300 to spend I would go for the Parasound Zamp. I think the Dr. Amp is
a UK thing, so that may be more convenient if you're there.
Signal sensing is the feature you need to look for if you don't want to
switch on/off. When
Alternatively, why not go with quality Powered Speakers? Besides my
Primary 2-channel audiophile setup, I have two secondary Squeezebox
systems.
In my Game Room I have an SB3 directly feeding Swan S200a powered
speakers http://www.swanspeaker.com/product/htm/view.asp?id=256, and
they sound
On a different forum someone has pointed me to this amp:
http://www.keene.co.uk/cgi-bin/bigcodesearch.pl?KLABKIT
Looks ideal for what I want but does anyone have any experience or
thoughts about this?
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GregW
GregW's
Sorry, but that setup looks like a car audio display board to me :P
Here's a cheap signal sensing zone amp:
http://store.outdoorspeakerdepot.com/ampoam.html .
You'd have to fish the power cord through the wall to plug in the
external supply, plus the speaker wires. Perhaps it would be easier
GregW Wrote:
On a different forum someone has pointed me to this amp:
http://www.keene.co.uk/cgi-bin/bigcodesearch.pl?KLABKIT
Looks ideal for what I want but does anyone have any experience or
thoughts about this?
This thread discusses the Dr. Amp which seems quite nice:
