Recommend a sound system for my shop

Just bluetooth. It sounds extremely good and will blow the roof off. I bought a bluetooth USB adapter on a friends recommendation but it didnt work well at all. It would skip and then play fast and lose signal. Are there good ones available?

Is the receiver centrally located? You're only going to get about 30ft max out of a Bluetooth signal from a phone.

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shite even if it had an aux input id be fine with that

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What does it have? RCA (red/white)? If so, RCA-->3.5mm cable is all you need


Making the assumption it has SOME input since you had a Bluetooth adapter. Also assumes you weren't aware RCA to aux was a common conversion. A lot of people seem to not realize that. This whole post may be very well beneath you, but it never hurt to start with the basics

That makes sense. Audio over USB is one thing Apple does damn well. And it's close to limited to them who really and truly does it well (excluding the mad rush of USB-c stuff that is bound to change the headphone game very, very soon).

I'm driving now, but I'll try to throw a few things together and post in a couple of hours.


Would you mind terribly just a quick "what I want" list? Single input from phone/Bluetooth? Want to leave a CD player hooked all the time? Streaming radio built in (probably out of budget (? AM/FM?

If going with just a simple, 1- input system, consider dayton audio b652 bookshelf speakers (they have a mounting bracket. Since you said shop, I assume an exposed joist where it will "hang" rather than something in-ceiling or are you looking more for something like a car speaker that you'll be mounting some other way?


Amp wise, I would nab a Dayton DTA1 (benefit of being able to run on batteries if you were to make a portable tailgating system). They used to make a wireless version but it seems to have been discontinued.
Alternative (and when deciding between the two, I chose this one) Lepai 2020a+.


Both are class T amps that will drive the heck out of those little speakers. That leaves plenty of room in your budget for wire to mount them, and I don't don't that you can spend all the way up to $200 and find something better, but you'll be pretty hard pressed to do it without finding a sale on something.


Dayton drivers are great for how cheap they are, and they sell essentially everything they make separately (so you can buy just the drivers and build a custom enclosure, or I can look more for a "ceiling mount" type of similar speaker, though I've not used those myself.

If you're looking for more features, you would probably need to step out of the Class T amps up to either a cheap receiver or Dayton looks like they make a little Class D amp with Bluetooth, but it's closer to $80 for just the amp.

I can tell you that I have a Lepai + b652 setup. It's loud and clear enough for shop use and cheap enough that you won't care if it breaks


ETA- saw your list after I wrote that. Will update in a bit

Couple Sonos play1s off of Craigslist should do the trick.

What is the specific Sony System (model #) you have now?

Sony model # HCD-EC619iP

I dont have internet back here yet but will eventually.

Personally I’d buy a simple 2 channel receiver like the one linked below, or get on Craigslist and buy a cheap used one there, and then connect whatever speakers you have/want to it. The Yamaha has Bluetooth built in, but if you’re having issues with that a simple stereo mini cord plugged into one of the back aux inputs would work no problem.

$120 Yamaha 2ch receiver with Bluetooth - Amazon

Headphone out to RCA