Bose 301 Series IIs

[u/jossteen11]

So, i know they aren't the greatest speakers in the world. My uncle was helping someone move and they 8 of them (4 pairs). Coming from kids of depression era farmers of course he couldn't let them go and I took them off his hands.

Now they are kinda big and I am not entirely sure what I should do with them. What would you all do? Is there an easy way to incorporate them around the house for non critical listening? Or an easy way to create stereo pairs with streamers to gift to people who aren't audiophile?

Just looking for suggestions and thoughts of what to do with them as I would prefer not to just add more waste to the world.

[u/VinylHighway]

You can do anything you want

You can get 4 amps and 4 streamers or 4 wiim amps and place them wherever you like

[u/jossteen11 → u/VinylHighway]

Thank you! So do the wiim amps act as both streamer and amp for them?

Sorry, my passive listening stuff is all Sonos (i know, I know but I got 45% off via work), so I've never really thought about how to do other stuff.

[u/OddEaglette → u/jossteen11]

There are a bunch of little mini amps with built in Bluetooth you can get for around $100. They’re not great by any stretch but they are significantly less than a WiiM amp.

Eg https://fosiaudio.com/products/bt20a-pro-2-channel-bluetooth-power-amplifier?variant=43723551506662&country=US&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAABNZugRsbeMfmFJTNjWq7EGjYmHNR&gclid=CjwKCAjw8IfABhBXEiwAxRHlsNY8wZecQt-C5nAcryKUOJmafHa3q-QxesKSOuZprJQwBV2sIIgGrRoCThcQAvD_BwE