Originally Posted by
hifi_dave
If you have active speakers, you just need a pre-amp to drive them and not a whole amp.
Originally Posted by
walpurgis
I think Steve wants a streaming tuner/pre-amp by the sound of it to drive the active speaker power-amps.
Originally Posted by
Pieoftheday
It looks like the OP has one?,see his signature
Yeah guys. I do have the Yamaha pre-amp but if I'm honest, there's not much 'beef' there with the speaker on 3/4 volume and the pre-amp pretty much the same to get anything like decent volume. Although the sub does add a lot. So I was going to go the full receiver amp route. I've been looking at the Yamaha R-N830D and maybe some floor standing KEF speakers. Peter Tyson do some good deals on packages. The Yamaha has 2 optical inputs which would solve my original problem detailed elsewhere on the forum - and there's room for expansion if and when needed. I'm not interested in full blown AV - although I would hope the speakers are shielded in case they end up near a TV. Unless that isn't a problem these days, like it used to be?
2TB Brennan fed through a Yamaha RN-803D network amp via toslink. The speakers are floor-standing Q Acoustics Concept 40s on spikes. Next up, CD player, turntable, possible sub.