Yeah actually it is a clothes washing/drying machine
Its quite common in Europe to be in the kitchen.
Actually this specific amplifier design (4 mini amplifiers on one board to be exact) doesn't really fit in the scart jack unless you build something that looks like a ball of wires maybe.
I thought that installing the amp board close to the console is better because that way you have less signal loss and less interference (that is too going to be amplified if the amp is later across the cable).Imagine 4 weak signals traveling another 3 meters of cable before they get to be amplified...
Just a thought, I'm no expert...
ps
It's a big kitchen