Hello all,
I'm in the process of making a little den sized room into a workout space. I'd like to
have a nice compact but reasonably good sounding system that receives FM, and could take
alternate sources (like bluetooth).
For reference, our good system is a couple of Vandersteen 2A's with an ADCOM GFA-545 amp plus GTP-500 tuner/preamp.
We don't play the system loud, I'd be shocked if we ever had it at more than 5 watts of output. Maybe 10 watts for
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon a couple of times.
I am in no way intending to make the den sound that good!
I'm not looking for specifics, but would wonder how to think about a system for a den, that
sounds "good enough" given it's job is to be background while I focus on working out, and not take
up much physical space, and do it on the cheap ;-)
This is where I am at for starters:
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I have on order a Fosi Audio BT20A stereo amplifier, that has bluetooth, line in, and output for
two speakers, 100W max per speaker. Handles speaker impedances of 2 to 8 ohms.
For input, bluetooth, and I'll use the headphone output from one of my numerous nice portable receivers.
First I'll try the headphone out to line in directly (I know about the impedance mismatch issue), and just
see how it sounds. If it sounds good enough then I'm done.
I also have 300:1 audio transformers I can try to get the impedances closer between the headphone out and
line in on the amp. If that doesn't work I may have to go find a real FM receiver with a line out.
For speakers, I looked at the thrift shop, and there are a few sets of low end bookshelfs for about $15 a pair.
Found some Panasonic PM22's that were divorced from the full system, not beat up, nice aesthetics. The specs
say they are 30W, 6 ohm. Large driver is 14cm (about 5.5 inch), tweeter is 8cm (about 3 inch). Crossover freq is 110Hz.
I think these speakers are not awful, and may be okay enough for what I need.
---
Do you think I'm on the right track in my thinking? Is there something else I should consider?
Thanks for reading and any of your thoughts!
Jeff
I'm in the process of making a little den sized room into a workout space. I'd like to
have a nice compact but reasonably good sounding system that receives FM, and could take
alternate sources (like bluetooth).
For reference, our good system is a couple of Vandersteen 2A's with an ADCOM GFA-545 amp plus GTP-500 tuner/preamp.
We don't play the system loud, I'd be shocked if we ever had it at more than 5 watts of output. Maybe 10 watts for
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon a couple of times.
I am in no way intending to make the den sound that good!
I'm not looking for specifics, but would wonder how to think about a system for a den, that
sounds "good enough" given it's job is to be background while I focus on working out, and not take
up much physical space, and do it on the cheap ;-)
This is where I am at for starters:
---
I have on order a Fosi Audio BT20A stereo amplifier, that has bluetooth, line in, and output for
two speakers, 100W max per speaker. Handles speaker impedances of 2 to 8 ohms.
For input, bluetooth, and I'll use the headphone output from one of my numerous nice portable receivers.
First I'll try the headphone out to line in directly (I know about the impedance mismatch issue), and just
see how it sounds. If it sounds good enough then I'm done.
I also have 300:1 audio transformers I can try to get the impedances closer between the headphone out and
line in on the amp. If that doesn't work I may have to go find a real FM receiver with a line out.
For speakers, I looked at the thrift shop, and there are a few sets of low end bookshelfs for about $15 a pair.
Found some Panasonic PM22's that were divorced from the full system, not beat up, nice aesthetics. The specs
say they are 30W, 6 ohm. Large driver is 14cm (about 5.5 inch), tweeter is 8cm (about 3 inch). Crossover freq is 110Hz.
I think these speakers are not awful, and may be okay enough for what I need.
---
Do you think I'm on the right track in my thinking? Is there something else I should consider?
Thanks for reading and any of your thoughts!
Jeff
