"DesignGuy" ) writes:
"Al Patrick" wrote in message
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Yep! I'm sitting here listening to a Drake right now with an Optimus
powered speaker from Radio Shack.

Works great. Most any powered speaker should work fine, not just RS.
I went to their site to give you page info and had to click whether to
allow or deny cookie setting about - well too many - times! If you have
your security settings very high you may want to find another site!

Yep, the Optimus speakers sound great, I use them myself but the unpowered
version. Be advised that Radio Shack is now carrying RCA brand, though I'm
told they are the same and that RCA manufactured the Optimius brand also.

I don't really see a purpose in using a powered speaker. One has to assume
that either the receiver puts out enough power, or at the very least the
powered speaker won't add much in amplification.

Radio Shack merely seems to be rebranding their stuff. So years ago, they
came up with the design for those small speakers, and put their "Optimus"
name on it. But then they put "RCA" on it because they could buy the use
of the name, and they must have assumed "RCA" would have more drawing
power. Given that RCA is a name that can be rented at this point, it
looks tawdry nowadays. Here in Canada, the same speakers are being sold
under the "Centrios" name at Radio Shack. So while the speakers have
gone through some changes since they first came on the market as "Minimus-7"
a quarter century ago, it's more or less the same speaker and
basically still from Radio Shack.

Michael