I'm blown away by the Sonic Impact tripath amp.

39 bucks... man, that is cheap enough even ol slappy can get into it.
And not only can slappy get into it, slappy just ordered one. At this price, why the hell not?

IT BETTER BE GOOD! THAT WAS MY BEER MONEY FOR THIS AFTERNOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dmason, Amandarae
Good to see you are friends again, now you just need to seal the deal with a hug!

Ok, this might be a dumb question, but battery-powered... Man that sounds like a lot of dough to keep it running. What about rechargeables? Get the same quality out of them?

The speaks i have now are somewhat efficient, Jmlabs, 92db. I was looking at Aride's HE speaker kits which are 95db and only 300 for the parts. What are some manufacturers that make good but inexpencive +95db effecient speakers?

I think this will be a real fun project system. I have a decent spare DVD-A player which i think sounds pretty good. Maybe i will get a tube-pre kit or something to top it all off.

Gmood1 thanks for the info! 499 sounds like a steal on this, i think i will check out the omegas.

Pete, Diddnt like the HE10.1's huh? thanks for that info! will look at the omegas

Heh, i got my Sonic Impact T amp this weekend. have not had a chance to hook it up to some quality speakers but....

I got a free pair of speakers with it. 2 collapsable cardboard speakers that have some kind of an exciter glued to the inside that makes the cardboard into a speaker.

i got those set up and laughed my ass off. Not really audiophile quality, but damn amusing. Good for camping trips.