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Old October 28th 08, 07:56 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Don Pearce
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TonyL wrote:
I have a couple of elderly Wharfedale speaker units, originally bought as
kits. Since popping one of the 12" bass drivers they have been in retirement
but I recently replaced them with some generic 12" units and they sound OK,
considering their age. I want to use them as super duper PC speakers and
need an amplifier to drive them from the line level output of my Creative
Soundblaster card. The advice of you pundits would be appreciated.

I'm guessing around 50 W per channel. No frills, just low THD, low noise,
cheap, flat response. I'm prepared to build stuff so long as the component
count is low... monolithic amp modules, perhaps ?

What about something like this ?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...5& doy=search

That tempts me because I happen to have a 20A 13.8 V power supply lying
around.

Thanks for your help

TonyL





If you are looking for a project, that is fine. If what you really want
is to get the speakers up and running, just find a nice cheap amp on
Ebay. Don't worry about power once you are past about 20 watts - it
really makes very little difference.

d