Cheap second system for background music

[Gaz]

I'm almost finished refitting my kitchen/diner and pondering how to get the best sound for the least money in there.

I have an spare Chromecast Audio and two redundant pairs of speakers (Quadral Phonologues and Kef Cresta 10s) and have two ideas as follows.

Buy a cheap integrated amp, plug the Chromecast and one of the pairs of speakers in, job done.

Buy a pair of active speakers, plug the Chromecast in, job done.

This system is just for background music and although I want it to sound as good as possible the speakers will probably be stuck on top of a wall unit and the amp hidden away somewhere.

I'm only planning on spending £100 max so my thoughts are the amp is a better bet, or am I wrong?

[walpurgis]

Buy one of these from China. There's a bunch of us on AOS who've been using them lately. They sound great!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-HI...IAAOSwjDJZ4EKJ

I bought mine for a second system, but it's been driving my big Tannoys with no bother and sounding ridiculously good.

[Stryder5]

Buy one of these from China. There's a bunch of us on AOS who've been using them lately. They sound great!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-HI...IAAOSwjDJZ4EKJ

I bought mine for a second system, but it's been driving my big Tannoys with no bother and sounding ridiculously good.

+1

Gary

[mightymonoped]

+2

[philv]

Buy one of these from China. There's a bunch of us on AOS who've been using them lately. They sound great!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-HI...IAAOSwjDJZ4EKJ

I bought mine for a second system, but it's been driving my big Tannoys with no bother and sounding ridiculously good.

About to get one of these.
Did this come witt 25v or 35v caps do you know?

Cheers

[philv]

I received one of tnese today.

Using it with a pair of kef coda 3 and an ipad.
Very impressed.

I have a system that cost £34.
And more than happy.

Buy one of these from China. There's a bunch of us on AOS who've been using them lately. They sound great!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-HI...IAAOSwjDJZ4EKJ

I bought mine for a second system, but it's been driving my big Tannoys with no bother and sounding ridiculously good.

[Gaz]

Excellent suggestion thanks , I was thinking in terms of a full sized amp and wondering where to hide it to keep Mrs Gaz happy. This could be the ideal solution

[walpurgis]

Excellent suggestion thanks , I was thinking in terms of a full sized amp and wondering where to hide it to keep Mrs Gaz happy. This could be the ideal solution

If you decide to go for one, you'll need a power supply. I use one of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laptop-Un...kAAOSwiR5dLZX~

I use mine set to 12 volts, but you can use more. The blue adapter plug fits the amp.

[Gaz]

Amp and transformer ordered

Thanks guys

[walpurgis]

Amp and transformer ordered

Thanks guys

How about a mini review when you get it?