splitting_ears
Active Member
Hi there! I'm currently thinking about streamlining/redesigning my living room audio setup and would appreciate some input from other members here.
I have a large collection of cassettes, vinyl records, CDs and media files on an external hard drive, and I'm currently using an old Yamaha amp to drive my tape deck, turntable, CD player and a mini-jack to connect other devices (laptop, phone, games console, ...).
I recently had the opportunity to move a pair of Focal Solo6 Be from my studio to my living room and connect them to the pre-amp output of the amp. It does work fine, but I can't help feeling wrong to use such a bulky amp as a simple routing device/preamp now that I have these speakers here.
So, my aim would be to have a setup that is primarily easy to use (fidelity is not critical here): perhaps some sort of source switcher (supporting both analogue + digital inputs) with a volume control? I've done a bit of research on AVRs, but they seem to be designed for use with passive speakers only. And getting something like a Topping D90, Pre90 and Ext90 would be far too expensive for my budget (and a little overkill too).
Any other ideas? I may be overlooking some alternatives.
(I should probably also mention that I'm planning to set up a local NAS at some point, so that I can access and stream my music collection from my laptop via Bluetooth - so a system that supports it natively would be a plus)
Thanks for any help
I have a large collection of cassettes, vinyl records, CDs and media files on an external hard drive, and I'm currently using an old Yamaha amp to drive my tape deck, turntable, CD player and a mini-jack to connect other devices (laptop, phone, games console, ...).
I recently had the opportunity to move a pair of Focal Solo6 Be from my studio to my living room and connect them to the pre-amp output of the amp. It does work fine, but I can't help feeling wrong to use such a bulky amp as a simple routing device/preamp now that I have these speakers here.
So, my aim would be to have a setup that is primarily easy to use (fidelity is not critical here): perhaps some sort of source switcher (supporting both analogue + digital inputs) with a volume control? I've done a bit of research on AVRs, but they seem to be designed for use with passive speakers only. And getting something like a Topping D90, Pre90 and Ext90 would be far too expensive for my budget (and a little overkill too).
Any other ideas? I may be overlooking some alternatives.
(I should probably also mention that I'm planning to set up a local NAS at some point, so that I can access and stream my music collection from my laptop via Bluetooth - so a system that supports it natively would be a plus)
Thanks for any help