I hope this is the correct forum.

I am not ready to upgrade my 1050 at this point (wife has mentioned the word "divorce" in conjunction with my budgeting for A/V toys) and am really happy with it in any case. I have my eye on an Outlaw 7 channel setup that will be procured as soon as sufficient goodwill has been accumulated (or at such time as we can get one of the kids adopted by Trump).

Here's the rub. I recently came into a pair of gorgeous speakers that I would like to drive as fronts. I already have a pair of fronts. I want to drive both sets simultaneously.

Is there some technical solution to driving an additional set of main speakers?

Can some good soul outline my options, if any?

Thanks!

M1iS

If you want to drive both sets simultaneously (both active at once), you'll probably want to use the 1050's pre-amp outputs and a separate power amp to drive the second set while leaving the first set on the 1050's internal amp. I never tried that with the 1050, but it should work fine. If you want to be able to drive either set of speakers but not both at once, there are some good speaker selector boxes around that would let you choose speaker set "A" or speaker set "B".

Thanks, gonk.

Do you think a used M200 might fit the bill? I might be able to sneak that under the wife's radar screen, budgetwise!

While I'm on that topic, what is a fair price to pay for an M200, assuming excellent condition.

Thanks again.

M1iS

The M200 is a mono amp, so you would need two of them......higher budget!

Ahhh...so that's why people were looking at me funny when I insisted I only needed only one M200.

Even if I sell my hair to a wigmaker there's no way to shake that kind of cash loose. Hmmm. Any thoughts on a specific amp for this application?

I'd suggest checking out Audiogon for used two-channel amps. You may find something in your price range with an older Parasound, Rotel, Adcom, or some other pretty respectable brands.

Thanks, Gonk. I also appreciate your PM.

Sorry to see you live in Memphis! I served on NSA Millington and could never quite get around to liking Memphis much.

Thanks again.

M200s have been selling for $200 each plus shipping lately on ebay and audiogon.

I grew up in midtown (near Rhodes College) and have spent most of my life around here - it has its issues, as any city its size does, but it's home. Don't know when you were here last, but downtown's seen some remarkable improvements in the last ten years or so. Best of luck with the amp search. If you do decide to track down some M200's, they'll serve you well (they're what I'm using to drive my mains currently), but I suspect that any of the options I mentioned in my PM would work for you.

i guess you are using 5.1 already? just want to add two more fronts along with that? or is this for stereo use?