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Disclaimer: I'm not an audiophile, plus I'm Scottish and therefore cheap. I have two SBs, an SB2 in the living room and this SB3 in the bedroom, hooked up to a venerable old (and rather beat-up) NAD 3020 that I picked up on eBay. It came with the original pre-amp-out-to-normal-in jumper cables missing and replaced with a regular 6-foot RCA cable. I had a local store make me a pair of three-inch jumpers from Monster cable. Anyone know how much a 3020 cost brand-new? The NAD drives a pair of Mission 762i speakers, also from eBay. Total cost, with shipping, $120 for the amp and $160 for the speakers (not counting the stands, of course). It sounds better than anything I've ever owned, even when playing MP3. At one point I had a bunch of video stuff in this room too (there's a TV on the wall above it), and swapped out the NAD for a huge Yamaha RX-V800 that I picked up for $500 just to get remote volume control and video switching, and connected the SB by optical. Our main living room amp just died so I'm pulling the Yamaha out to replace it, and the old NAD is back in the bedroom. (One reason why it looks so tidy... I took a picture as soon as I finished putting it together.) You know what? The $100 NAD connected RCA sounds better than the $500 (list $900) Yamaha does by optical. I'm sure that none of you are surprised. The little wireless headphones are connected directly to the SB and are another eBay special, $20. Useless for music, but fine for listening to the BBC World Service when my wife is asleep. Like I said, I'm cheap, but suggestions to improve the sound welcomed. Cheap ones, that is... :-) +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: sb-setup.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2463| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- joatca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ joatca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10387 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
