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Pipe music to kitchen

I want to pipe music from my living room system to my small kitchen. I do not need a separate source for the kitchen. I want sound that will be fun while working in the kitchen -- good mid-fi will be fine. Seeking good rhythm, mid-range clarity, and reasonably smooth response within realistically limited frequency range. Speakers will be mounted on-wall.

Space is a challenge -- don’t want to give up the All-Clad for stereo. I just need amplification and volume control. I’ve got an old Harman-Kardon PM640 integrated that would perform the job well, but are there any more compact options you can think of?

How about running the line-level signal from my living room preamp to the kitchen? Distance as the sparrow flies would be about 30’, but I’ll probably need to allow 45-50 feet of cabling. What kind and price-range of cabling should I be looking for?

There have been many appropriate speaker suggestions made in other threads, but feel free to suggest your favorite tiny speakers. I have a pair of Linn Sekrits available for use that sound great, but unfortunately, they’re too big.

What do you think about going mono with one speaker in this situation?

Thanks, Jayson
jayboard

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jayboard OP
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That's what I've been doing for three years, and I cants stands it no more. The people sitting in the living room while I'm fixing something in the kitchen sometimes have a problem with it, too. (Who are those people, anyway?) Charlie, good idea for cable source -- thanks. Jayson
jayboard OP
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Thanks, all, for the variety of ideas. Charlie, I do want to run the source from the living room, so I can wander from kitchen to DR to LR, as I often do, under the spell of the same music. Sfar's little amp sounds perfect, but if the cd/receiver unit of a microsystem had a line-in, that would also work and would provide some added flexibility. Dekay's post reminds me my Tivoli radio does have a line-in, but I am going to want more boogie-ing power than that.

Assuming I go with mid-fi amplification and something on the order of Atoms or little B&Ws, can anyone suggest what to look for in a very long interconnect?

In my prior house, I ran a second set of speaker cables from my integrated amp to the kitchen speakers, through a Niles impedance multiplier and volume control. But I'm thinking I should do it differently this time.
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