Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!mtune!whuts!homxb!antique!cjp
From: cjp@antique.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: stereo sound
Summary: Need stereo amp
Message-ID: <2026@antique.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 88 22:16:47 GMT
References: <2082@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Reply-To: cjp@vax135.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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In article <2082@gryphon.CTS.COM> hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com (Harv Laser) writes:
>drz@utcsri.UUCP (Jerry Zarycky) writes:
>>
>>like to know how many people are actually hearing the Amiga's sonic
>>output in stereo (where available) and not through the 1080's one speaker.
>You mention your hifi is in "another room." It might not be the most
>elegant way to do it, but you could, depending on how far apart your
>computer and your hifi are, run cables from the Amiga to the hifi, and
>put another pair of speakers (as in A/B) in your computer room. 

I'd like to put in a word of warning. I tried to run cables from my Amiga
to my stereo across the room.  These were 25 foot, cheap Radio Snack
coaxial audio cables.  They picked up an unacceptable level of hum and
noise.  I'm back to the monitor's speaker for now.  I've thought about
trying the RS 10-watter mentioned, but that's probably inflated watts;
more like 3 watts per channel, I'd guess.  I don't think you can get good
rolling thunder from three watts/ch.  I've shopped at audio stores but the
only pure amplifiers you can get are sky-high audiophile equipment.  A
low-end receiver is a possibility, but it seems like a waste to pay for
built-in tuner and phono sections that will never be used.  Also these
receivers tend to be a bit larger than I'd like.   I thought
of Heathkit but they are no longer in the audio business.  I looked
at getting a pair of guitar mini-amps but this is not cost-effective.
Anyone have some other ideas?

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