pichonCalavera;276559 Wrote: > Thanks to all for the input. > > > > Well, you can say that I have a setup in mind, so let me explain my > requirements: > > I have some active speakers right now that are in very bad state that I > use for my Desktop PC. Since I bought the Squeezebox I don\'t use the PC > for music anymore (I now have all my music stored on a Server), but I > still use it for playing games. > > So I need to control 2 sound sources for now (and eventually 3, since > I\'m thinking of buying a game console down the road). And I want to > avoid swapping cables everytime I want to hear one or the another. > > I actually have the Sennheiser RS120 wireless headphones, I bought them > mostly becuase I don\'t like being tied up to a cable, altough I know > the quality is not that great. That is why I\'m looking for speakers > right now, actually I don\'t know which ones to buy yet... still > investigating, but the sure thing is that I want to hear my music in > better quality, the games are not that important, but if they can be > used with the same speakers, the better. And I don\'t need high volume > sound, won\'t hear at loud levels. > > Saying this, I still want to be able to listen to the Sennheiser, so I > want to be able to change to listen to the Speakers or Sennheiser > headphones. > > Good question on the cables... I didn\'t think of this really. I guess > I would need 2 pairs of good quality cables... one from the SB3 to the > pre-amp and one from the pre-amp to the amp, right? > > As for the RS-232... is not a real \"neccesity\", but I like tinkering > with my devices and my server, so I will find a way to use it to > control all from my server, just for the fun you could say. I guess > this could be accomplished some way too with the IR Blaster. > > So this is a \"little\" project in some way too, the discovery and > installation is part of the fun for me. (I guess you figured out that I > don\'t know that much on audio equipment :P ) > > The budget should be 1100 dlls max. > > So maybe spend around 400-500 on the preamp/amp combo (that is why im > looking at used equipment) and some 400-500 on the speakers...
Have you looked at integrated amps instead of combo? I think you could probably get a better value in this way. Im sure that within your budget you could find more and better options this way. Look for a used Rega Mira or Brio, they are excellent integrated amps/// -- GuyDebord Reference3A RoyalMaster monitors biwired with van den Hul Inspiration, REL Strata5. AMPS: Pathos Classic One MKIII's in mono config. ANALOGUE: Clearaudio Ambient CMB, Satisfy Carbon & Lyra Helikon SL, ASR MiniBasis SQ preamp, link: WireWorld SilverEclipse 5.2. DIGITAL: SlimDevices Transporter, link: AcousticZen Silver Reference2 XLRs. POWER: Isotek MiniSub GII, Isotek Elite cables (MiniSub, Rel), Siltech SPX30 MKII (Transporter), van den Hul Mainstream (Pathos) & van den Hul Mainserver (ASR). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GuyDebord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44317
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