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Finding a good set of speaker stands is always a pain. Finding some that not only work well , look good is and are affordable is next to impossible. Don't expect to find any at Walmart or the like because quite honestly, they have crap. Luckily, as is usually the case, Parts Express brings us some stylish and very functional bookshelf speaker stands that will work great with any small speaker including surrounds for your home theater.

The Audio Source AMP100 is an awesome little amplifier if you looking for low cost amps to go along with your preamp processor such as the Outlaw 970. The Audio Soure AMP100 features 2 channels rated at 50 watts RMS on an 8ohm load , 60 watts RMS on a 4ohm load and a nice 160 watts RMS bridged into 1 channel mono all with great sound quality. This is more than enough power for your surrounds and will work great for a center channel. This amp can also be used as a sub amp if you are powering a small to medium sub.

Let's face it, LCD/Plasma mounts aren't complicated devices. They have no moving parts and all they have to do is hold your LCD/Plasma screen on the wall. They don't even have to look all that great because you can hardly seen them. Then why are they so expensive? Luckily, Dayton makes some low cost quality alternatives for those of us that don't want to spend an arm and a leg on a quality wall mount.

View the Tritrix Build How to Here - So you want to get started with building your first transmission line speaker but don't know what to build? If so, you are in luck because Parts Express has just reduced the price on a very high quality transmission line kit called the
Tritrix RD.

The Dayton SA240 Amplifier is a great little 240 watt amplifier that is perfect for either a 10", 12" or 15" powered subwoofer projects. Since this amplifier has a compact 10"x10" face plate, it can also make a great replacement for existing subwoofer enclosures. The amplifier features built in low pass 24db crossover, bass boost (SA240 comes without the bass boost), choice of RCA line level or banana jack speaker level inputs and outputs, automatic turn-on triggered by input signal, and phase reverse switch to match the subwoofer to your room and your other speakers.