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Hi all,
I currently have a Pioneer SC-LX86 in my "Man Cave" in a 9.1 speaker setup, and no speakers in the lounge. After some deliberation I have decided that perhaps 9.1 is a bit overkill for the size of the man cave and have decided to move one of the front pair of floorstanders downstairs into the lounge and use them for listening to music. The speakers are Mordaunt Short Aviano 8's.
So, I started looking at "cheap" stereo amplifiers, and quickly realised that I probably wasn't going to be happy with the sound. So my question(s) to you are,
1) Would I be better off running the 15-20 metres or so of speaker cable from the man cave to the lounge and setting them up as Zone 2?
or
2) If not, which stereo amp should I be buying to match up with these speakers? Ideally no more than £200 but I could perhaps stretch to £250 if it was really worth it.
I'm working on the assumption that the SC-LX can play two different audio sources in Zones 1 and 2.
Thanks in advance for your advice
Alistair
I currently have a Pioneer SC-LX86 in my "Man Cave" in a 9.1 speaker setup, and no speakers in the lounge. After some deliberation I have decided that perhaps 9.1 is a bit overkill for the size of the man cave and have decided to move one of the front pair of floorstanders downstairs into the lounge and use them for listening to music. The speakers are Mordaunt Short Aviano 8's.
So, I started looking at "cheap" stereo amplifiers, and quickly realised that I probably wasn't going to be happy with the sound. So my question(s) to you are,
1) Would I be better off running the 15-20 metres or so of speaker cable from the man cave to the lounge and setting them up as Zone 2?
or
2) If not, which stereo amp should I be buying to match up with these speakers? Ideally no more than £200 but I could perhaps stretch to £250 if it was really worth it.
I'm working on the assumption that the SC-LX can play two different audio sources in Zones 1 and 2.
Thanks in advance for your advice
Alistair