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In the Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system
Post Subject: Maybe setting a target ain't that badPosted by Gregm on: 5/2/2007
 Dominic wrote:
I'm liking lately the idea of getting a chinese 845 based SET off ebay. Point to point(less fiddly modification), there's a choke coupled one available now, umm, 10 or so watts for under a thousand dollars, you know that sort of thing. What i'm still trying to figure out is whether or not there is a better way to do the same thing.
I wonder if i might be happy with how it (can)sound(s)?
Dominic, as you yourself note, it's very much an answerless questionSmile
I understand you want to get active right now rather than spend time refining your thoughts, etc. You know, like in the Olympics, "participation is more important than winning".

But, IMO, what you need to decide right now is on a spkr-amp application. Otherwise it's a journey without an end -- end being both the "objective" and the "completion".
For example, Romy has horns & boxes and distributed amplification in a well-defined, specific, and reproducible application.
In yr case, is it the JBL that's going to play and if so, with how many  channels/side, and how...?
Or is it passe-par-tout amplification you wish to start with, and look for a speaker later (but how can you do that if you don't know some, at least, of the final characteristics of the speaker?). You understand my drift.

If you still wish to embark on a journey and see where it leads you, buying a ready product and playing with it is indeed an option (and the one you mention gives you 6channels for $3k). The other alternative is to assemble s/thing by y/self from scratch... but in both cases, you'll need to have some indication of the end of the journey!
 
And remember: proceeding like this, success will be fortuitous rather than by design, no?
Cheers

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