Just a left-of-centre alternative suggestion ... Topping TP20 Mk II amp for around £50 feeding JBL Control 1 speakers at around £50 used on eBay. The TP20 is a cracking little (and I mean little) amp and the Control 1s come with wall mounts.
I have an SB3 Classic feeding Audio Engine A2s outside on our terrace and the combination is good although limited in scale. I also have a Topping TP-20 MK2 and a TP-60, both of which I've tried with Control 1s which I picked up from eBay for £45, albeit silver because white is much rarer and more costly. But they still look cool. The Topping / JBL combination is a "bigger" sound in general terms, but their treble can be a bit forward on low-res material especially. But they can boogie and can put a smile on your face for the price/size. I think the A2s are great but better near field. Other small advantage is the Control 1s have a (removable) grille as opposed to the A2s which are open to stray digits (of the human kind). Might be worth a thought? GRC -Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it ...- Asus EeePc, 1TB disk Windoze 7 FLAC/MP3 server (MediaMonkey) -> Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 + 3 bridges SB Touch/DacMagic -> Naim CDX/XPS + NAC52/Supercap + NAP135s + Dynaudio Contour 1.8 MkIIs SB2 -> AudioEngine A5+ study SB3 -> AudioEngine A2 terrace Boom kitchen Radio bedroom SLIMP3 -> Rotel RA820BX2 -> MA252 garage Controller; iPad2 + iPeng / SqueezePad; Android + SqueezeCommander; Windoze PCs + SqueezePlay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GRC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13846 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99286
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