Topic: Computer>???Pre-amp> speakers?

[timP]

looking for a friend

is there a unit out that has speaker amps that will go USBin>unit>speakers?

his home reciever went up and he's got subs and speakers and a ton of stuff on his lappy...

any ideas?

[Craig T]

Emagic A26 + 5 channel amp?

[dnsacks]

The sony strda2000es through 9000 es line accept a spdif (optical or coax) in and (imho) sound VERY musical.  Your friend could add a vx pocket, etc. digital soundcard to the laptop and send one of these a spdif signal.  Not aware of any receivers that will accept a digital signal directly from a usb in.

Darrin

[Craig T]

http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/PChometheater/pchtinfo.htm

Just what he's looking for, I think.

[timP]

nice  guys!!

+Ts and all

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

another option:

http://www.soundblaster.com/products/Live24ext/welcome.asp

[Craig T]

there's a bunch of usb boxes that have line outs, including all those Creative Labs/Soundblaster units.  Sounds like he needs something with built-in amps.

other possibilities:

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powerwave/techspecs.php

you could use any of the usb boxes that only have line-outs with one (or more) $30 Sonic Impact amps:
http://www.sixmoons.com/audioreviews/sonicimpact/t.html
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1_10/qid=1096339631/ref=sr_1_10/602-3313287-0347053?asin=B00009W44B&qid%5F=1096339631