On 01-17-97 BONNIE GOODWIN addressed MATT ION
in the Fidonet's eminent F/Audio conference:
BG>Since we've talked about a pile of speakers on one amp, a non-audiophile
  >solution to hanging a lot of speakers off of one amp is the 70 volt
  >distribution system, using transformers at each speaker that can be
  >tapped to a number of volume levels and you can keep tieing them on
  >until you run out of amp to push them with.
BG> I don't advise this for audiophile usage though, since there is
  >problems with the sound quality, most notably the damping factor
  >(tightness in the bass) can be no more than 1 which means exceptionally
  >sloppy bass.
I saw in a new magazine "Audio Video Shopper" late in `96 there are some
new audiophile grade wireless speakers.  Maybe these would be a good sol-
ution for some people!
My idea was to run DC power and audio signals together to satellites
with amplifier modules.  I think it can be done with two wires, like a
70v system. I don't know how far 600 ohm line level audio can be run
before cable inductance objectionably rolls off the high end.  Hundred
meters?
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