Need a "small" amp and speakers

manic111

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As above, I need you guys to recommend me a reasonably sized and reasonably cheap amp, and similar speakers. I currently have an amp which is roughly the size of your average DVD player, and simply don't have the deskspace!

I'm not a huge huge sound afficionado, but at the same time like having the rich sound of the amp and speakers over computer speakers etc. What can you guys recommend for a reasonable price? I'm more than willing to go second hand.

Cheers :)
 
Fair point :)

To be honest I don't really know enough about the market to specify what I would call a reasonably price! Say maybe £150 for the amp and speakers? I know that that isn't a lot in terms of what you can pay, but all I'm really after is something with a little more depth than your average PC speakers...if you don't think that that can be done for that price let me know!
 
Small amp = sonic impact T-amp if you can get hold of it...

I've got a similar one and it's about the size of a fag packet. :) Sounds awesome too!
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Small amp = sonic impact T-amp if you can get hold of it...

I've got a similar one and it's about the size of a fag packet. :) Sounds awesome too!
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Oooh - for the price it doesn't look like something you can go wrong with!!!

That said, it does only have one 3.5mm input. Don't suppose there's anything similar with a little more by the way of inputs? I'd hope to be able to connect my PS3 and PC to it...

What speakers do you use with it, or do you use headphones?
 
manic111 said:
Oooh - for the price it doesn't look like something you can go wrong with!!!

That said, it does only have one 3.5mm input. Don't suppose there's anything similar with a little more by the way of inputs? I'd hope to be able to connect my PS3 and PC to it...

What speakers do you use with it, or do you use headphones?
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Here's mine, I bought the PCB from e-bay a while back, it's very simsilar to the PCB in the Sonic Impact amp:
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Excuse the case, it was made to house car bulbs! :D I glued a memory heatsink on the main IC to help a little and added a few capacitors also, so it's been tweaked a little.

I've tried about 10 different speakers with it, from cheap midi hifi speakers to £500 studio monitor type speakers. Nice sound with more then enough volume for computer speaker duty. It tends to work better with 4-6ohm speakers compared to speakers that are more than 12ohms. I don't recommend headphones however, it might not have enough voltage swing for some high impedance models.

You can get a separate input switcher or pre-amp if you need more inputs, I use a DEQ2496 which has 2 digital and an Analogue input which I can switch between...
 
Wow, you just said a whole load of stuff that I didn't understand! I've had a look around and finding input switchers looks reasonably easy and cheap. Ohms are the measure of resistance, right? (Relying on my GCSE physics here!) I assume that it will tell you on the specs of the speaker what ohmage (?) they have? Don't suppose there are some cheapish bookshelf speakers you can recommend are there?

Oh, and what's voltage swing?
 
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