I just moved for a new job and staying at a studio apartment. Missed my stereo in San Francisco, so put together a table top system for the apartment. Currently Using Squeeze Box 3 and Audio Engine A2. Thinking of trying Trends Audio TA-10.1 Integrated Amplifier with maybe Paradigm Atom Monitor v.5 loudspeakers?, in place of the Audioengine A2B. Would appreciate comments and suggestions. Goal is a temporary system that is small in size.
Network music player, it offers both digital and analog outputs, and has a volume control, a headphone jack, and a coaxial digital as well as an optical digital output. Its audio circuitry is based on a 24-bit DAC (a Burr-Brown PCM1748), with regulated power supplies used for the DAC and output amplifier stages. Significantly, the S/PDIF output and DAC clocks are driven directly by two dedicated crystal oscillators running at fixed frequencies.
Audioengine A2B
The Audioengine 2 is a powered bookshelf speaker with silk-dome tweeter and kevlar woofer. MDF cabinet, 6
Here is a pic of my Trends. I use it to run my center channel on my 3.1 system from my Blu-Ray. Here is a review: http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/trends/ta10.html