Desk amp

[Jester519]

I am looking for a desk amp to power a pair of q150' and a 10" powered sub. I will be using my soundcard as the dac, Just need something that is 2.1 with a passthrough for a powered sub. I have a spare receiver but i'd rather use a desk amp if there is respectable choice. Any help and suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[TheFlyingTraut]

Those KEF's will require a decent amount of power to be efficient. They love power. I don't know if you would be satisfied trying to run them off of a desk amp, with the sub. I think the sub is getting you here. There are definitely ones that will power them, but finding that .1 out....

 

Also, what kind of budget are we working with on this?

 

I can make a recommendation for a YouTuber I watch that is very in depth with this very specific thing.

[Jester519]

I was looking to spend around around $250

 

1 amp that was recommended is the

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/smsl-q5-pro-dac-amp

would this power the speakers to their desired performance?

 

[TheFlyingTraut]

That would actually work, just underpower those speakers. How much of that you will notice, I'm not sure. But if it's just sitting in front of you it should be plenty loud enough, and clear.