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House of Marley Bag of Rhythm Portable Audio System

Mar 31st, 2012
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Lattice of the sound system at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Seen as part of the Open House Chicago 2011 event arranged by the Chicago Architecture Foundation.

House of Marley Bag of Rhythm Portable Audio System
Portable speaker systems for iPhones and iPods are typically made to be lightweight and easy to pack, but the House of Marley Bag of Rhythm Portable Audio System takes a different approach. Rather than making it easy to pack, House of Marley packs it …
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Need an audiophile’s help making party house sound system. Thanks!?

Nov 23rd, 2011
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Question by M3lLiS: Need an audiophile’s help making party house sound system. Thanks!?
I am trying to make a ‘best bang for your buck’ sound system for my party house next year. My goals are to have a loud system with good bass that cover two large rooms. Quality doesn’t have to be amazing, but I do want it to be fairly good. I suppose I am looking for medium level sound quality from an audiophile’s perspective.

I found a pair Cerwin Vega LS-12 3-way speakers for ~$ 200. They are 300 watt speakers, having trouble finding their RMS power rating though. Have done a lot of research on these and feel this is a good buy.

My problem is that I do not know what kind of receiver/pre-amp or amplifier I should start looking into.

I found a Harmon Kardon AVR 445 home theater receiver on craigslist and I truly don’t know if this is something I’ll need or not. This receiver pushes ~65 watts per channel. I know I’ll need an amp to get the full effect out of my Cerwin Vega’s, but would this type of receiver work for what I am trying to do? The seller wants $ 200 for the unit, which is in exceptional condition.

If anyone can advise me as to what type of receiver and what type of amp I should get as well as whether the above receiver is a good buy, it would be much appreciated!

P.S. I am looking to spend under $ 800, but still get good sound quality and deliver clean power to my speakers. Thanks again!

Best answer:

Answer by daSVgrouch
It sounds like you’ll need a receiver that can drive speakers in more than one zone at the same time. My Denon will do this – it has separate terminals for the different zones.
How much power depends on how efficient the speakers are. I have only used Klipsch RF series for the last 10 years or so – they are very efficient, so not a lot of power is needed.
Monster cable is marginally better than lamp cord, and way cheaper.
If the receiver has LFE output (low frequency effects), then use that output to drive a powered woofer.

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