[Mattyhew]

My mother has asked me to build her a setup that consists of 2 speakers mounted in her bedroom roof and 1 mounted in her en-suite bathroom roof. 
 
Do not need to be very loud, or of i high quality as all she does is listen to radio 4 (talking, no music for you non brits)
 
Its source would be a TV via Jack plug/RCA. 
 
I presume ill need an amp but not sure how powerful.
 
Been looking at these speakers:
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Resistant-Speakers-16-5cm-White/dp/B000IUTOZ4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1353524497&sr=8-2
 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ceiling-Speaker-Round-White-Max/dp/B000IUPMJQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353524497&sr=8-1
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated
 
-Matt

 

[obobskivich]

I'd get the first one, twice (because it's FBA, and we like Amazon!). Sound quality will probably be a mixed bag (and in-ceiling placement is never ideal). You will need a receiver or integrated amplifier or similar to drive them.

I would change the following, if possible:

- Go with two speakers in the bathroom.
- Go with more conventional speakers (be them in-wall or free-standing bookshelf type) in the main room; will improve sound quality considerably.

Like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamaha-NS-333-Speakers-Piano-Black/dp/B001K9P2DK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353670076&sr=8-1

And then add a receiver:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamaha-AS500-Integrated-Amplifier-Output/dp/B004EBUOKC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353670110&sr=8-1 (this is sold by Amazon too; I did check).

Just hook the water-proof ones up in the bathroom, set them up as "B" on the IA, and set-up the bookshelves (or another pair of in-ceiling) as "A" and then switch between them as you want (I'm guessing she probably doesn't need the bathroom speakers on all the time).

This Pioneer would probably work, but I know nothing about it:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-20-K-Stereo-Amplifier-Direct-Energy/dp/B0082JFKM4/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

There's probably other options if you look around. It doesn't have to be an integrated amplifier - but I'm not finding "stereo receiver" as a common feature on Amazon.co.uk at the moment. Either would work though (the "receiver" will add an AM/FM tuner to the device).

 

[tjohnusa]

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