I had my main rig in the living room and brought music into my kitchen using an AudioSource 100 amp(
50 watts x 2 into 8 ohms or 60 watts into 4 ohms)[$140] and ran it a LONG way (guessing 75-100 feet) to some in-ceiling speakers with adjustable tweeters, like
Klipsch CDT-5650-C II or
Polk Audio RC80i [$100-150 each] wired in parallel using 10 ga landscape stranded lighting wire [about $0.80 /foot].
It provided good (better than expected) background music for an all in cost ~$800
It provided good (better than expected) background music for an all in cost ~$800