Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-12 Thread Redrum
Thank you all; The Lepy and Amptastic are interesting, but I am kind of stuck on the remote control of volume and power, as there are times that my wife, with or without guests, will be at the cabin without me, so ease of use is a big factor. I don't see where the Amptastic is available in the

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-11 Thread Grumpy Bob
This is a 'tiny setup that I put together for my office' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?102957-pi-based-systems=814509=1#post814509). It used an Amptastic amplifier. Now I use a Raspberry Pi with touch screen and DAC and amplifier cards feeding the speakers. Both systems are

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-11 Thread Browny
Something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/LEPY-2024A-Plus-Amplifier-Silver/dp/B00SATAEEA Simple, Cheap and very surprisingly effective. I have even paired one with a pair of Mission LX-2s in a second system and it holds its own very very well. For the money you can't go wrong

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-11 Thread d6jg
w3wilkes wrote: > I'm in a similar situation and ended up with a Onkyo DR-UN7. I had to > get a converter to change the component video out to HDMI. It will not > play BlueRay, only regular DVD's and CD's. The Onkyo by itself will only > run the front speakers, to run the rest of a 5.1 surround

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-10 Thread TimT
NAD D 3020. We use it in our living room to drive two B Nautilus 805 speakers and a B subwoofer. TimT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22971 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-10 Thread Redrum
w3wilkes wrote: > I'm in a similar situation and ended up with a Onkyo DR-UN7. I had to > get a converter to change the component video out to HDMI. It will not > play BlueRay, only regular DVD's and CD's. The Onkyo by itself will only > run the front speakers, to run the rest of a 5.1 surround

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-10 Thread w3wilkes
I'm in a similar situation and ended up with a Onkyo DR-UN7. I had to get a converter to change the component video out to HDMI. It will not play BlueRay, only regular DVD's and CD's. The Onkyo by itself will only run the front speakers, to run the rest of a 5.1 surround would require a separate

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-10 Thread d6jg
Redrum wrote: > Thank you, this is exactly the type of feedback I was hoping for. Even > though there is no need for a CD player, it's nice and compact, and in > the right quality/cost bracket (i.e. Denon, Onkyo, Marantz, NAD, etc). > > My comment on Harmony is the I use a cheap Harmony 650

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-10 Thread Redrum
d6jg wrote: > Don’t know about Harmony for sure but I recently got my hands on a > second hand Denon CEOL RCDN7. It surprised me. > It has optical and also has Airplay and works with Phillipe’s Plugin > perfectly. Thank you, this is exactly the type of feedback I was hoping for. Even though

Re: [slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-10 Thread d6jg
Don’t know about Harmony for sure but I recently got my hands on a second hand Denon CEOL RCDN7. It surprised me. It has optical and also has Airplay and works with Phillipe’s Plugin perfectly. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion

[slim] Small Integrated Amp Recommendation?

2019-05-10 Thread Redrum
OK, so this question doesn't belong in general, but where? Maybe it doesn't even belong on this forum, but hey, it's for my SB systems, so here goes. Home is where my full kit resides, but a few years back I bought a small "seasonal" cabin. I have ISP/DSL access so can stream audio and video. I