Justme;511814 Wrote: > Thinking about the Touch as my third SB in the house and to use as a > server for the others as well. > > It would be in a room which doesn't have a hifi, so I would need a set > of powered speakers. > > I've never done this before but do powered speakers use a significant > amount of power when not in use. Or do any models come out of standby > when the Touch is started? Some speakers run in real standby (with just, say, the IR-receiver listening), others you have to shut down either via remote or a button. An amplifier, no matter if it's a stand-alone or one in powered speakers use quite a lot of power, unless it's in proper standby or shut down entirely.
> If there is one thing I hate, is having to switch on multiple devices > to do one thing. So, I don't want to have to keep switching the speakers > on and off, but I don't want a constant power drain from the speakers > when not in use. I don't want to sound like an Avi-fanboy, but their speakers (IR-controlled) can be controlled by the Duet Controller's IRthingy, so I'd think it was controllable with the ordinary IR-remote, although they do come with their own remote. They have two sets - one called the Neutron Fives, where the amps, DAC etc. is in the Subwoofer, and the ADM9.1s where the DAC and amplifiers are in the speakers, and you can add a powered sub if so inclined. I don't know your budget for your third room, so they may be over budget (I know they would be for my third room). If it's the same with your budget as is with mine, there are a plethora of small "fancy" speakers that although don't sound good in comparison will do the job. And the smaller and less powerful they are, the less power they will use - including in stand by. The thing with amplifiers is that it's not just the amplifier that uses power, but the power supply itself. Another route to go is real nearfield monitors used for audio production. They seldomly have the ability to remote controlled, and often they're not a "system", but rely on somewhere else to control the volume. They're more like "powered speakers" than anything else, if that makes sense. Anyway, I think people will be able to help you a bit more, if you posted budget, type of room and what you had in mind. You can get huge PA speakers, all amplified if you want, or you can go buy some really cheap (quality) speakers designed to sit along an iMac and such and everything in between. Hell, you could even buy two B&O Beolab 5-speakers if you wanted to. -- Danione ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Danione's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35717 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74658 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
