Choosing an Amp for Passive Speakers

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  sumyungguy on 06/10/2023 - 23:54

  Those are effects speakers for use in a surround system. They'll sound awful if used as mains.

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  ddhar on 07/10/2023 - 00:03

  That amp will work fine but, as pointed out above, the speakers are quite tinny (4 inch single woofer with limited bass range). Don't expect a full set of acoustic experience out of them.

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  Chippy47 on 07/10/2023 - 00:06

  Thanks guy’s appreciate the replies, seems these will be quite useless to me so. What would be a good entry level speaker (budget :-) ) that could be wall mounted.

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    sumyungguy on 07/10/2023 - 00:11

    For music, TV, movies? Effects speakers can be wall or ceiling mounted, but mains are best mounted on stands or floor-standing.

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      Chippy47 on 07/10/2023 - 00:17

      Music

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        sumyungguy on 07/10/2023 - 00:21

        iOS or Android?

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          Chippy47 on 07/10/2023 - 00:38

          @sumyungguy: iOS, although they can be a “dumb” speaker. I will be connecting them (via the amp) to an old Apple AirPort Express to enable airplay functionality

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            sumyungguy on 07/10/2023 - 00:51

            @Chippy47: I'm gonna add some assumptions: you prefer modern music and already stream from Apple Music or Spotify; you don't own a collection of vinyl or CDs. My tip: get a stereo pair of Homepods from Apple's refurb store, investment $818. Audio is wholly subjective, so if you can find something you like for less that's the way to go.

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              Chippy47 on 07/10/2023 - 01:21

              @sumyungguy: Thanks for your efforts and advice mate.

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                solidussnake on 07/10/2023 - 06:31

                @Chippy47: Look into the Bose or Sonos ecosystem where you can keep adding to them and even do different zones or group them together

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    apple2016 on 07/10/2023 - 09:13

    A good speaker would need to be placed away from the wall. Very few good/ audiophile speaker are designed to be places close to walls.
    If you want to wall mount go with sonos or similar.

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  aoeueoa on 07/10/2023 - 05:50

  Another option is a used Sonos Play 5 Gen 1. They're quite cheap now. They put our an amazing sound for the price you pay on the used market. I have a $10 000 amp and speaker combo and the Sonos gets me to about 80% of that (at normal listening levels) for $100.

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    apple2016 on 07/10/2023 - 09:19

    Not true. You could easily surpass the sound quality of sonos with amps, speakers, source for under $2k.
    But this is usually bulky, needs specific room acoustics. Sonos will manage to work in most environments.

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      aoeueoa on 07/10/2023 - 14:27

      Yea, what im saying is the used priced of the 5 is $100. You don't get 20x the sound quality spending $2000.

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    sumyungguy on 07/10/2023 - 10:20

    I too rate Sonos Play 5 and was intending to suggest them to OP but first checked some recent reviews…
    https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/sonos-play-5

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  Protractor on 07/10/2023 - 09:38

  +1

  Try the yammies on the amp first before you write them off as audio shite

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  luedriver on 07/10/2023 - 10:03

  you could go and try your luck at a thrift store they sell receivers and stereos quite cheap and are usually not too hard to get back your money if it doesn't work as intended