Stereo Receiver - CHEAP!
BaggedLancer
Posts: 6,371
Hi all,
I'm looking for a stereo receiver to power two Polk OMW3 on wall speakers in the conference room in my office. We're in the process of moving to a much smaller space to save significant amounts of money (we're a non-profit), and one of the requests was to get some speakers into our new conference room. Unfortunately, the budget for this little project was $0, and while I was able to fund the speakers out of my budget, the receiver to power them will be out of my pocket as I don't have a $1 left of wiggle room.
Lets keep it simple, 2 channels (no 5.1, no 7.1), minimal hookups. The only thing connected to it will be the RCA's from a users laptop (3.5mm to RCA adapter) and our desktop computer (another 3.5mm to RCA).
Price needs to be well under $100, preferably around $50 if possible. It's not powering much and it's really only going to be used for presentations.
Thanks.
I'm looking for a stereo receiver to power two Polk OMW3 on wall speakers in the conference room in my office. We're in the process of moving to a much smaller space to save significant amounts of money (we're a non-profit), and one of the requests was to get some speakers into our new conference room. Unfortunately, the budget for this little project was $0, and while I was able to fund the speakers out of my budget, the receiver to power them will be out of my pocket as I don't have a $1 left of wiggle room.
Lets keep it simple, 2 channels (no 5.1, no 7.1), minimal hookups. The only thing connected to it will be the RCA's from a users laptop (3.5mm to RCA adapter) and our desktop computer (another 3.5mm to RCA).
Price needs to be well under $100, preferably around $50 if possible. It's not powering much and it's really only going to be used for presentations.
Thanks.
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T-amp from parts express?
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You might look at the Sherwood @ PE.
I think it is 100x2 with discrete output stages.
I have seen them on sale for $89 in the past.Testing
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I have a Kenwood ka-400 and matching tuner, 50 bucks plus shippingHello Kitty am/fm CD player
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This is worth a shot for you because you're fairly close to it:
http://rochester.craigslist.org/ele/2839040311.html
For that price they could ship it to you and you could probably be right at about $50. This stuff sounds nice, some of it anyway. I happen to be searching for some old MCS gear right now though, hence the name when I registered for the forum. Hope you find something! -
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Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
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Face actually showed me a little 2 channel amp from audiosource on Parts Express. That one seemed to fit the bill of what i was looking for. It's about as basic as it gets, they don't even need to turn the power on as it has auto detect.
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$89.36 shipped from Amazon for the Sherwood. Big plus......has a remote.
http://www.amazon.com/Sherwood-RX-4105-Stereo-Receiver-Black/dp/B0002EPWC0/ref=sr_1_13?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1329733318&sr=1-13 -
+1 on the Sherwood. I had a Sherwood AVR for about five years. It sounded quite nice and was always reliable. Bought it for 117.00 bucks and sold it five years later for 75.00.
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Are you still looking? I think I have a Pioneer 2 channel receiver in a spare bedroom at home that nobody is using. You can have it for free if you want it. Just pay shipping. I'll look at it when I get home from the office and give you more details if you're interested.McIntosh MA252 Integrated Amp, LUMIN D2 Network Music Player, Yamaha Aventage RX-A840 receiver, Emotiva XPA Gen3 2 channel amp, Polk LSiM 703 speakers. Oppo UDP-203 Blu-Ray player, Polk LSiM 705 speakers. Polk Signature S20 speakers.
