On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 01:53:11 +0000 (UTC), "news"
wrote:

Hello again, long time no post due to the chaos of moving house and a few
other problems to boot

Heres the problem, i no longer have enough room to maintain both my systems
(see edd ans zoes page on the ukra website)

The home cinema has all be put in my new lounge with an 8ft screen and a
pioneer 2011 thx amplifier. I have no room for my valve amp anywhere, let
alone a second set of speakers.

Throw on top of this ive just bought a set of kef reference 105s which im
now useing as my left and right chennels with my 103.2s at the rear, no
centre as i couldnt place it adequitly for the screen without destroying the
sound field (too high, too low)

So, the pioneer is to be quite hones rubbish for music, would i get away
with just adding a power amplifier to the 2011? will this make any
improvements?

Yes, it will take a big load off the 2011, whose power supplies aren't
up to driving all channels loudly.

What kind of amp will suit the kefs? im thinking something bug and
transistory, krell maybe.

Yup, although a Krell isn't necessary, any 100-200 watt PA will do, a
big Rotel would be ideal. The 105 wasn't a tough load to drive.

I was thinking of useing a switch box to switch between preamps for the
power amp, one pre for music, the other the ouput from the pioneer.
Or just a passive pre, just turn the volume to full when selecting the
preouts from the pioneer?

Just hook up the power amp to the L/R pre-outs of the Pioneer, it'll
be fine if you don't use any processing.

I know mixing home cinema with music if frowned on, but the 105s kicked ass
with the movies ive tried they seem to be a truly excellent speaker.

It was, although a little 'dead' at low levels, as with all KEFs of
that vintage.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering