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Good Questions: Speakers for Roku Soundbridge

2008_02_14 sound bridge.jpg Dear Unplggd,
I have a Roku Soundbridge that has recently been displaced by my Apple TV as a means of playing my digital music collection over my home stereo. Instead of letting it collect dust I would like to try and use it in one of the smaller rooms of my house, maybe even the bathroom, but wall mounted with 2 speakers on either side. Since the Roku is usually attached to an amplifier I am wondering if you had any advice on how I could do this.

Thanks for your help! RTO

Thanks for the Question. For this application you are going to need to find a set of active speakers. A wall mountable 2.0 computer speaker set would be the best solution, but it seems that the 'wall mountable' part is the challenge. These Philips speakers look like they might do the trick or something like the JBL Spot. The only problem with both is that you will have to figure out how to run power cords while still keeping a clean look with the wall mounted Roku.

Does anyone have other speaker suggestions for RTO?

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There's a really cool compact speaker by an Italian company called Aux. I have their model 400, and it's amazing. This little box sounds like my Vienna Acoustic towers. They have a new model coming out called the Level and I can't wait to hear it. I can get you in touch with the US rep if you're interested.

posted by StereoMJ on February 14th 2008 at 9:09am
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A couple possibilities:

1) use a really tiny amp with a set of regular speakers. The Sonic Impact T-Amp is universally well regarded, pretty inexpensive, and tiny.

2) ZVox powered speaker units. They don't mount on the wall, but they'd sit under a Soundbridge and form a compact unit.

3) Polk Atrium outdoor speakers. They're really an indoor/outdoor speaker (perfect for a bathroom) and there's a powered version (Atrium 45p). Atrium speakers are often available on ebay brand new for a fraction of retail cost

posted by pfibiger on February 14th 2008 at 9:43am
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StereoMJ -

Is this the setup you're talking about?

http://www.auxout.com/Shop/hear_on_page3.jpg

posted by spinsLPs on February 15th 2008 at 8:35am
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Look into using computer speakers. Most of those come with their own power amp, often built into the subwoofer or the speakers themselves. Bose makes a couple of nice models, as do Cambridge Soundworks and JBL (I love their SoundSticks).

posted by sunspot42 on February 15th 2008 at 1:00pm
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New Link:

http://www.auxout.com/Shop/

posted by mjxl on May 11th 2009 at 11:55am
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