Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

yep, sonos connect through the tape loop and then you can listen on other sonos speakers.

I do this, it works well. As long as you amp has a tape loop you don't need a new amp.

New Sonos Connect, rumoured to have a cheaper price tag, to be launched (announced) at end of August.

Also a battery powered one that will take Bluetooth as an input.

@timmah! @mashton
Cool! Thanks, a lot. ...maybe I'll hold on till next month and see what the prices are like then. One more question: would be able to wirelessly sync the Sonos to my Sony tv without a sound bar?

If the sony TV feeds into the amp that you are then taking the tape loop out into the Sonos Connect (phew) then yes, I don't see why not.

If that is what you mean? Getting TV sound out if other Sonos speakers in the house?

Awesome hack here:

https://makezine.com/2019/08/16/hacking-the-sonos-ikea-symfonisk-into-a-high-quality-speaker-amp/

Taking apart the new £99 Ikea Sonos speaker and wiring it up to proper hifi speakers. Then using the Sonos TruePlay feature to tune it for the crossover of the new speakers. Awesome way of making a WiFi streamable hifi for very little cash.

One caveat is that the speakers need to be bi wirable for the crossover tuning to work.

I'm tempted to try that, there are plenty of bi wire centre speakers around on eBay.

Well, if you want, I have a B&W CC6 S2 centre speaker that is bi-wirable that I have been trying to flog for a while.

Happy to do a good forum price, particularly for this kind of hack!

That's a remarkably intelligent application of basic technique

This is ace.

A friend of mine is after an amp with a small footprint, no bells and whistles just something cheap that can power some book shelf speakers.

Any recommendations?

Inputs? Budget?

Tangent ampster?

It'll be mainly bluebooth or AUX it's a secondary set up for the conservatory so will be seldom used. Cheap as possible ideally.

SMSL amps are good for their price.

These are supposed to be good.
https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-HIFI-2-0-Stereo-Output-Digital-Power-Amplifier-TPA3116-50Wx2-U4O2/283114302764?epid=2276139557&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1%3Ftype%3D4%26campid%3D5336643969%26toolid%3D10001%26afsrc%3D1%26customid%3D2113X565594X13a1eeb9f254c646802cfb6066158c05%26mpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.co.uk%252Fitm%252FSilver-HIFI-2-0-Stereo-Output-Digital-Power-Amplifier-TPA3116-50Wx2-U4O2%252F283114302764%253Fepid%253D2276139557%2526hash%253Ditem41eaed6d2c%253Ag%253AM6IAAOSwjDJZ4EKJ%26srcrot%3D710-53481-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2080537654289%26rvr_ts%3Da953766216c0aa4758d5b160fffdae91&_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1&ul_noapp=true

Ah! Like the SMSL but cheaper!
I have a few like this and the smsl around the house and they run well. Ample (see what I did there) for music run in the background.

Not getting enough use out of this so it's for sale

Pioneer XDP-100R Hi Res audio player. Quite lovely, runs on Android so you can stream stuff to your ear-holes or load it up with .flacs

Will supply with a memory card or two, also has internal memory. Should have the box somewhere. £250 posted

Best solution for Bluetooth receiver into my stereo Amp? Fed up with current QED Uplay Puk connection issues.

Great thank you!

Would a cheap 4 channel be out of the question? If it had to power 2 floorstanders and 2 bookshelf?

you could look for an older amp with a+b speaker outs. just need to make sure speaker impedence is ok

ie - these kick dicks

For those who are missing the Chromecast audios someone seems to be selling the on ebay for £20
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Google-Chromecast-Audio-Media-music-WIFI-Wireless-Streamer-IOS-Android-New-Uk/372515750552

https://petertyson.co.uk/mitchell-johnson-wld-211t-network-streamer

Never heard of this Mitchell and Johnson before but might do what I need it to do...
Play media from a drive (network drive or plugged right into it), play dab, be controllable by a remote and or by a phone.
Seems pretty ideal and £150 is an ok amount of money, my gear is pretty old and it's in a factory like workshop so ultimate fidelity isn't key here.

Anyone any experience of a network player like this?

Bryston 100sst integrated amp with on board DAC upgrade

and Chord DAC 64 MK 2 both in silver and both in excellent condition

£500 each collected from West London

Bryston has several years of warranty left which is transferable