Hi everyone. Just finished moving 1200 miles across the country to seek a new job. We are temporarily in a much smaller place. No room for a dedicated hifi room for at least a year. I've been surviving on headphones only. And, don't get me wrong, I really love my headphones, but I'm missing my system [:'(]. The Bryston and Dyn gear is all boxed up and packed away until we eventually move to a bigger place.
In the meantime...I've decided to put together a small system in my living room. Because I have 2 small boys that are hyper and love to destroy things, this equipment must fit into a small cabinet that is locked when not in use. Using my Bryston amp is impossible. It won't fit in the cabinet and it would get too hot. Sooooo, I'm going to buy an inexpensive used amp that will fit. I've narrowed it down to two scenarios.
1. Use my bryston preamp with a roksan caspian MK1 power amp. The amp is nice and small and will fit in the cabinet. It's not very high powered so I would expect it doesn't get too hot (but that's just a guess).
2. Buy a creek evolution 1 integrated amp and leave my bryston preamp in storage. This would fit even better in the cabinet, but probably would not be as strong a performer as option 1.
Both options are pretty inexpensive.
I will be leaving my Dynaudios boxed and stored. They are too big to use in this situation. I will be getting some tiny speakers that hopefully won't draw any unwanted attention from the monsters.
Any comments appreciated. []
In the meantime...I've decided to put together a small system in my living room. Because I have 2 small boys that are hyper and love to destroy things, this equipment must fit into a small cabinet that is locked when not in use. Using my Bryston amp is impossible. It won't fit in the cabinet and it would get too hot. Sooooo, I'm going to buy an inexpensive used amp that will fit. I've narrowed it down to two scenarios.
1. Use my bryston preamp with a roksan caspian MK1 power amp. The amp is nice and small and will fit in the cabinet. It's not very high powered so I would expect it doesn't get too hot (but that's just a guess).
2. Buy a creek evolution 1 integrated amp and leave my bryston preamp in storage. This would fit even better in the cabinet, but probably would not be as strong a performer as option 1.
Both options are pretty inexpensive.
I will be leaving my Dynaudios boxed and stored. They are too big to use in this situation. I will be getting some tiny speakers that hopefully won't draw any unwanted attention from the monsters.
Any comments appreciated. []