kosst_amojan
Responses from kosst_amojan
| integrated amp recommendation needed I liked the Cambridge suggestion above. Anthem isn’t bad and someone’s got a MCA-2 for $550 right now. Bend the budget a tad maybe and pair it with a simple pre-amp and you’re set up better than an integrated. | |
| Directionality of wire @geoffkait Brucenewengland is totally calling you out and I'm not sure how the flaw in your thinking isn't totally obvious. For energy to push a diaphragm forward or draw it back the energy through the conductors must flow equally well in both dir... | |
| Good SS Designers and their lesser known designs @hgeifman What a sales pitch! I think it's pretty bold to say that class D is displacing class A amps though, which they really aren't. They're starting to put a dent in mid-range class AB and that's about it. I don't think the folks at Boulder, P... | |
| Correct way to attach speaker wires... Wait, what!!! All this jazz about terminations and wire... You do know that the makers of the active and passive devices in your amp don't get this weird about the leads on their stuff. Pretty much all the connections that aren't solder are gold on gold because... | |
| Speaker protection delay I don't think there's anything to worry about unless you're getting thumps or big cone movement at power up. Those relays only need time to charge the power supply caps and if the PS doesn't have a bleed circuit they'll hold a charge for days or w... | |
| Good SS Designers and their lesser known designs If you really want to learn about great amps, I highly recommend researching and building one. Watch the Burning Amp lectures. Read Nelson Pass's wealth of articles. I'm anything but an electronics engineer, but my understanding of amps has come l... | |
| Best fuses for under $50? You know where I get the fuses for my amp? AutoZone. $3 for 6. I tend to blow one once a week if I power it off and on again too fast while messing with connections. $50 is crazy. | |
| power @shadorne I have no idea what you're talking about with speakers showing compression at a couple of watts. It looks like you're just throwing silliness out there with no context to buttress nonsensical ideas. As for power supplies, they're a huge ... | |
| cost of speakers in relation to the rest of the system @jbreezy5 I think you and I are of the same school of thought. It may not be the norm to put obscenely capable amplification behind a pair of speakers, but it certainly pays dividends. I'm not soaked in cash, but I want the best I can possibly aff... | |
| Devialet for Wilson Audio Sasha 2 Speakers Where’d I ever suggest an F5? There’s precisely 100 Pass built F5’s in the world. Good luck to anyone finding one. Last I read the OP was asking about an INT-60. You don’t know what you’re talking about, pure and simple. 30 watts of class A power ... | |
| Devialet for Wilson Audio Sasha 2 Speakers The INT-60 is little more than an F5 Turbo in super symmetry with a buffered volume control and some protection circuitry. It's clear that you're just looking at the published specs and have no actual knowledge of the circuit. He has, in fact, sai... | |
| Devialet for Wilson Audio Sasha 2 Speakers @georgehifi The MOSFETs in an F5 do nothing but swing current. They operate in common drain mode and provide no voltage gain whatsoever. There is no "almost" about them doubling current with a halving of the impedance. That's exactly what they'll ... | |
| Devialet for Wilson Audio Sasha 2 Speakers I get it, but I have no idea where you get this idea a huge bank of FETs don't get the job done. I'm listening to an F5 I built right now and the whole reason Nelson designed it with 3 way current limiting is because those MOSFETs will switch the ... | |
| power More power is nice, but not at the expense of quality in my opinion, and that's often the compromise that's made. Higher power requires more creative ways of managing the inevitable distortion that aren't needed on lower power amps. | |
| Devialet for Wilson Audio Sasha 2 Speakers @georgehifi "Doesn't" is a present tense term. Threshold gear is hardly "modern era" stuff. Nothing that's come out of Pass Labs or First Watt features BJT outputs or inputs. Everything from Pass Labs and First Watt uses MOSFET, JFET, or SIT outpu... |