So I bought a Creative Wireless Music to replace the Roku Soundbridge that my brother ran off with. That piece of crap (the CWM, not my brother) taught me a lot about life, and I bought a Squeezebox. What a fantastic device. I now listen to music all the time at home, which I neve have before. Unlike the other devices, it even plays the songs all the way through without stopping! Unfortunately, this has highlighted my rather dismal home audio setup. My Squeezebox is connected to the powered speakers that came with my old computer and, well, they don't exactly fill my living room with a cacophony of sound.
So I'm going to buy some more audio equipment. But I have no idea about it. My usual plan with things I have no idea about is to spend as little money as possible. But my god, how much audio equipment is there out there! I have no idea where to start. I am thinking that I need: 1. An amplifier 2. Some speakers Is this right? Do I need a "preamp", whatever that is? I have no other audio devices apart from the Squeezebox. Do all speakers plug into all amplifiers? Will all amplifiers plug into my Squeezebox? It has a nice "digital out" thing on it - should I only use digital ones? Do I need to buy expensive cables? One large problem I have is that I live in an appartment, so realistically I can't buy speakers that are more than about 8 inches wide/deep and a couple of feet high. I'm not against buying things secondhand - I was half thinking that perhaps speaker technology hadn't changed much lately and I could buy some secondhand speakers and a new amp. Maybe that's nonsense. Any help much appreciated - I feel completely lost. I'm going to buy whatever someone tells me to buy, so it might as well be someone on a forum instead of some guy in a shop. :) Chris -- pugwonk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pugwonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10576 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33546 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
