Hi,

The house I just moved into (my first real house! :^) has a whole-
house speaker system. I noticed that the previous owner had a
CD-changer + a small standalone amp in a closet to feed the system.

I'd like to do something similar, but I've never seen a small
standalone amp like that for a reasonable price (I have seen the
mono-block mega $$$ amps in the magazines) -- admittedly, I don't
follow home audio stuff real closely, though, because until now,
I've always lived in townhomes where I couldn't turn anything up.

Anyway, I'm here to see what you pros would recommend that I look
at to drive a whole-house system (smallish speakers - maybe 5.25"
in each room run through a splitter system presumably to keep the
impedance correct). I'm not looking for anything loud or powerful,
but something that:

1) Small
2) Cheap
3) Low-power on my electric bill since it would be on 24/7.
4) Takes L/R RCA input from CD-changer and amps it - nothing more.

Any links would be appreciated.

Thanks much!
Mike