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Does your Denon have an ABUS jack? That could be an alternative, as well.

Good thinking, Ken. But no, I'm too cheap for the fancy-schmancy Denons. I've got to stop hanging around here.

I saw a very discrete and decent sounding Sony under-cabinet kitchen radio at CostCo for $89.
Or was the object whole house tunes from one source? If so, why not just grab another pair of some decent towers, a cheap amp and some long wires?
Your outdoor system could be "open the windows".

See, I KNOW this is one of those problems that I'm simply trying to solve without throwing the requisite amount of money at it. The idea is whole-house from one source. Nothing that some amps, wires and speakers won't fix. Most problems can be solved with time and money.

My current outdoor system IS "open the windows". My current kitchen system is "turn it up".

My wife would know I had slipped a cog if I came home with some under-counter-mounted CD player. Hmm, maybe I can use that...

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under-counter-mounted CD player

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i got one of those thru a reward/incentive program from work. i dont even remember the brand.

it actually works pretty good. i mean, it plays the radio, and cd's. it shows the time, and even has an alarm feature.. its definitly nothing worth telling the neighbors about, but it works just fine for the 30 minute chunks of time it takes to cook and clean in the kitchen!

bigjohn

If you want the same tunes in your living room, kitchen, outside, or virtually anywhere there's a power outlet in your home, simultaneously without running wires, you can go the route I went. Purchase a decently-powered FM transmitter, hook it up to your Denon's tape output, and set it to an emtpy or faint frequency (preferably not one you or your neighbors listen to).

Then all you have to do is plug in a portable or bookshelf stereo system -- some of which have detachable/replaceable speakers (hint, hint) -- in each location you want to hear the music now beaming from your very own radio station.

Admittedly, this solution won't sound as good as running wires to separate amps/speakers, but it's damn well the best bang for your buck you'll likely see, especially if you already own the stereos.

Peter, that is borderline brilliant. I know you've mentioned that concept before, but I had completely forgotten.

Only a couple of problems in my case, though. From the looks of it, I can buy and string a fair amount of 14g wire for what a transmitter costs, and I actually DON'T have any funky old boomboxes or shelf systems just laying around. Still, that is food for confusion, er, thought. Thank You.

Tom, Peter's suggestion may well work, but don't overlook the threat of the Black Helicopters .

I have to admit that I was just trying to see if I could get anyone else interested in ABUS, since I've been trying to figure out if/how to use it for awhile.