[Ghigguls]

I'm about to buy these speakers from amazon and i was just wondering if it would need an amp of some sort. I dont think its powered or anything, so if someone could shed some light on this please? Plenny mahaloz

*also could i play my ipod through this thing? this would be my first audiophile speakers and im getting excited.

 

[Uncle Erik]

If they aren't active (or powered) speakers, then you will need an amp to power them.

The least expensive way to do this is with a used receiver. You can find them all over - garage sales, thrift stores, junk shops, Craigslist, and you
or a friend or relative might have an old one they can give you.

If you want to take a more audiophile approach, you can buy a preamp and an amp for them. You can also buy an integrated amp which has an amp and a preamp together in one box.

A receiver is an integrated amp that usually has a radio tuner and often a phono preamp in it, too.

Yes, you can use your iPod with a setup like this. You will want a LOD to RCA cable or a 1/8" jack connected to RCA jacks. Apple makes a small dock that you can put on top of the amp that you can connect a 1/8" jack to, as well. You can also use any of a number of iPod to stereo docks on the market or even hook a Squeezebox or similar to your computer to stream music. There are a lot of options here.

Good luck and let us know how your adventure in speaker-fi turns out.

 

[Ghigguls]

thanks alot uncle erik ur a wealth of knowledge.

 

[bik2101]

you can also use a cheap t-amp as well since they are so efficient.

 

[Ghigguls]

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Originally Posted by bik2101 /img/forum/go_quote.gif you can also use a cheap t-amp as well since they are so efficient.

oh yeah? like any in particular?

 

[bik2101]

hmm well i bought one from ebay that works and sounds really nice with my rc-10s. there are a lot of fairly priced t-amps on ebay.. but coming from china (most of them) it does take a while.. i think mine took about 3 weeks to get here

 

[MatsudaMan]

I've owned RC-10s before and they are definitely not as efficient as the specs claim them to be. I would recommend no less than 50 clean watts of power. I used them with a on 100 watt integrated and they sounded great.

 

[bik2101]

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Originally Posted by MatsudaMan /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've owned RC-10s before and they are definitely not as efficient as the specs claim them to be. I would recommend no less than 50 clean watts of power. I used them with a on 100 watt integrated and they sounded great.

idk.. i mean I use them with a simple t-amp (with TA2024 chip) with 15 watts output and they sound really great!