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From: phil@titan.rice.edu (William LeFebvre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: stereo sound
Summary: perhaps a "boom box"
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Date: 13 Jan 88 15:54:41 GMT
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In article <2026@antique.UUCP> cjp@vax135.UUCP (Charles Poirier) writes:
>...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....
>Anyone have some other ideas?

I use an old "boom box" (a.k.a "ghetto blaster") that we had lying around.
It just happened to have RCA plugs in the back for an "auxiliary" input.
I don't get a good stereo effect because (1) the speakers are not
detachable and (2) I can't put the box directly over the monitor.  But I
have seen "boom boxes" with detachable speakers.  You still have to pay
for a tuner and (in this case) a tape transport (a tape might actually be
useful if you want to record a selection that your Amy is playing---like
the music from Marble Madness! :-), and you have to make sure that the
unit has aux input (not all of them do), but it might be worth looking in
to.  How much power do those units have?

			William LeFebvre
			Department of Computer Science
			Rice University
			<phil@Rice.edu>