Looking for small amp to allow use of HiFI speakers on PC, advice appreciated please. :)

[Richdog]

Hi guys. I now have a pair of Dali Zensor Pico's (https://www.dali-speakers.com/products/zensor/zensor-pico/) which have become available for use on my PC due to a main front speaker upgrade in my living room. Clearly they are HiFi speakers that need speaker wire, so I need something acting as an amp that I can then plug into my PC 3.5mm jack to give me nice stereo sound at low to moderate volumes.

Is there any kind of super compact amp or amp-esque device that would do the job of allowing me to hook those speakers up? It doesn't have to be anything super powerful or expensive, just decent with as small a footprint as possible for my PC desk.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

EDIT - WOUld something like on this be decent? https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-mini-stereo-amplifier/

UPDATE 19.06.2021

I set up the Fosi BT20 today and it drives my Dali Zensor Pico speakers perfectly well and goes really loud (way louder than I will ever run them). Compared to most PC speaker systems my new setup light years ahead and I can safely say that I now have Hi-Fi quality sound on my PC, which is pretty crazy when I think about it and I am happy I educated myself on the possibilities.

 

[Richdog]

Hi guys thanks for the replies, I did read them and research what you suggested! In the end I have decided, based on many online recommendations and reviews, the Fosi Audio BT20A as seen here https://fosiaudio.com/products/blue...or-home-audio-system-fosi-audio-bt20a-updated and here https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/product/B07BQC7GNL/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?smid=A27MPXN0R8YFPE&psc=1

Price is decent, looks aren't too offensive and the feedback about it on many communities is overwhelmingly positive.

 

[Richdog]

Are you happy with Fosi?

Hey man (and everyone else who kindly posted in the thread). I set up the Fosi today and it drives my Dali Zensor Pico speakers perfectly well and goes really loud (way louder than I will ever run them). Compared to most PC speaker systems my new setup light years ahead and I can safely say that I now have Hi-Fi quality sound on my PC, which is pretty crazy when I think about it and I am happy I educated myself on the possibilities.

In short: I recommend the Fosi BT20A, it seems to do the job very well.

 

[Richdog]

There's a whole ton of cheap D-amps on an auction site. Some of them are good.
Happy to hear the Fosi works for you
IMHO, for sound, the amp is maybe the most important link in the chain, so I'd spend a few quid more. But then, I use my setup for music as well as games

There is no need for me to spend a few quid more, music also sounds great and I played a couple of hours of it today. For the size it is a cracking little piece of kit and does exactly what I need it to do.

 

[Richdog]

I just ordered the Fosi BT30D to drive my Klipsch Reference Cinema System. I used two of the speakers for my rears on my main system and also used the center, so I needed to find a use for the other two speakers and the sub. PC seemed like a perfect fit. Hopefully this Fosi will do the job.

Hi chap. I've been using mine for the best part of a year and I am very happy with it. Combined with my Dali Picos the sound is way in advance of 99% of PC stereo solutions out there and I am very happy I was able to repurpose the speakers like that.

 

[Richdog]

They look really good, I've got a 20yr old full size AV amp hooked up to my PC, very tempted to replace it with something small and cute like this.

Are they really as good as a proper AV amp? are they more power efficient etc?
I only really need stereo amplified and a sub pre-out, although if they did a delux version that could do 4.1 or 5.1 that would potentially be a 'nice to have' feature.

Of course it's not "as good as a proper AVR", lets inject some common sense into this discussion. It's a £60 stereo amplifier, small in size, with only barebones features vs any full-size AVR.

However if all you need on your PC desk is stereo 2.0 in a space-saving solution, without any of the additional benefits that a full-size AVR brings, and you do not use your PC as a movie-watching media center, then a Fosi does the job very well and is for me far preferable to having an unnecessary full-size AVR that is 20x the size on or around your desk for no reason.