Small quality amp

[scaryjim]

OK, bit of a hypothetical here, but during my recent house move I rescued my old DAB/CD system. It's not great, but from memory it has a really nice crisp sound. I love it to bits, but it has one major downside - no line in.

Now, I could just stick it in the kitchen to listen to the cricket on, but I got to thinking: if the sound quality was as good as I remember, then perhaps what I really want to do is use the speakers for my PC and forget about the DAB bit (since I have a portable DAB and I can get internet radio on my phone). However, that would require sourcing an amplifier for them.

So last night I dug the speakers out of their box to check the specs on them, and was mildly surprised to find that they're 4ohm, 8watt rms. So, my question is: does anyone know of a good quality low ouput stereo amp I could power them with? I'm not convinced that 2x8W @ 4O is that common a specification


EDIT: or am I looking at an electronics project...?

[g8ina]

Build a 2020 yourself... good fun too.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would check some of the class T Tripath amps on Ebay.

[scaryjim]

Hmmm, interesting thought: just found this amp kit on ebuyer - 2x7w RMS into 4 ohm, 12v DC power supply - looks ideal for modding into a 3.5" drive bay, powering off my PC's PSU and then routing speaker outs to somewhere near the IO panel (perhaps a blank PCI slot plate?)... since I'm hoping to start up project Cunning Plan in the next month or two anyway, this could be a very fun way of adding sound to the old girl...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Honestly,look at the Tripath stuff on Ebay.

[dave87]

Honestly,look at the Tripath stuff on Ebay.

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