Thank you Mapman and Dan,
Actually the SDS-400C Class D Audio Stereo Power Amplifier looks pretty great. I was just looking at the Essence Digital Power Amp, which appears to be essentially the same thing for 3x the price.
If the goal is to fill the room "sound bath" style (i.e. sound not feeling weighted from one direction) and it can be done with two small speakers, great! Ideal, since I'd only need one stereo power amp. Which speakers will fit and fill the room is the question...
The MicroWalsh Shorts are nice looking (girlfriend's cat will definitely enjoy shredding them), but can't figure out where I would place two of them for optimal sound bath effect. I could use a primer course in speaker placement actually! I'm going on intuition here, which probably isn't a great idea.
With 4 speakers, one idea would be to get a pair of KEF 102/2's for on the ground on either side of the wall that gets the projection, and a pair of 101/2's for high up on the opposite wall. Even at only 10.3" deep those 102/2's will be sticking out quite a bit and get in the way because of couch seating arrangement. Another ideas is to get four 101/2's high up in all four ceiling corners, but I'm a little concerned about losing bass feel, with all that sound coming from up high. And of course four speakers means getting two amps, or some multichannel thing in a compact size which is seemingly impossible to find (other than the slightly underpowered Parasound Quattro).
The Nak 620 amp that goes with this system is hard to find, is big, and would need to get recapped. It's nice to complete the system, but I'm thinking I'm better off with something more up to date and more compact.
If the goal is to start with speakers, then my ideal is very small, very narrow depth (<10"), warm, quality bass pair that will fill the room. 4 Ohms. Sensitivity in high 80s... Am I dreaming? Open to all ideas.
Many thanks again.
Paul
Actually the SDS-400C Class D Audio Stereo Power Amplifier looks pretty great. I was just looking at the Essence Digital Power Amp, which appears to be essentially the same thing for 3x the price.
If the goal is to fill the room "sound bath" style (i.e. sound not feeling weighted from one direction) and it can be done with two small speakers, great! Ideal, since I'd only need one stereo power amp. Which speakers will fit and fill the room is the question...
The MicroWalsh Shorts are nice looking (girlfriend's cat will definitely enjoy shredding them), but can't figure out where I would place two of them for optimal sound bath effect. I could use a primer course in speaker placement actually! I'm going on intuition here, which probably isn't a great idea.
With 4 speakers, one idea would be to get a pair of KEF 102/2's for on the ground on either side of the wall that gets the projection, and a pair of 101/2's for high up on the opposite wall. Even at only 10.3" deep those 102/2's will be sticking out quite a bit and get in the way because of couch seating arrangement. Another ideas is to get four 101/2's high up in all four ceiling corners, but I'm a little concerned about losing bass feel, with all that sound coming from up high. And of course four speakers means getting two amps, or some multichannel thing in a compact size which is seemingly impossible to find (other than the slightly underpowered Parasound Quattro).
The Nak 620 amp that goes with this system is hard to find, is big, and would need to get recapped. It's nice to complete the system, but I'm thinking I'm better off with something more up to date and more compact.
If the goal is to start with speakers, then my ideal is very small, very narrow depth (<10"), warm, quality bass pair that will fill the room. 4 Ohms. Sensitivity in high 80s... Am I dreaming? Open to all ideas.
Many thanks again.
Paul