Any reason you can't put the amp in the kitchen, and avoid the long interconnect run? I have my Amp100 on the top shelf of the kitchen pantry, with an SB2 on top off it, controlled by an SB Controller. But one could just as well put a Touch on the counter or a shelf (or even wall mount it!) and run the interconnects through the wall to the amp, rather than going all the way to your basement. Most kitchens have enough hidden/dead space _somewhere_ that you should be able to place a small auto-sensing amp like the Amp100 somewhere closer than the basement.
I don't know much about digital interconnects because all my systems use analog. The Amp100 doesn't have a digital input, but many other amps do. Of course, if you go that route you don't only want an amp with a digital input, but one with a DAC that is better than the Touch's, for which you'll spend a lot more than US$95. Overall I think there's nothing wrong with your idea of having separate amps in the kitchen and bathroom. The traditional centralized "home run" systems have some merits, but they're really not necessary at all with SBs, which allow you to move all the tunes over the home network instead of miles of speaker cable buried in the walls.... -- aubuti Nothing high-end, but music anywhere I want it, and it's '100% wind powered' (http://www.cleancurrents.com/). MSI Wind desktop (Ubuntu 10.04) feeding: Living room: SB Touch + SBC > NAD C325 BEE > Vandersteen 1; Kitchen/Dining: SB2 + SBC > AudioSource Amp100 > 2 pair of Polk RC60i; Basement: SB2 > JVC JA-S44 > ESS Tempest LS8; Bedroom: Boom and SB Radio; Backyard deck: Duet > AudioSource Amp100 > Polk Atrium 45; Kid's bedroom: SB3 > Klipsch ProMedia 2.0; In limbo:SBR http://www.last.fm/user/aubuti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81504 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
