Thanks for all the input, guys! I'll try to answer some questions.
First, I will post some pictures on my virtual system page, when I get the photos taken. Since this amp was a prototype, it has a perf-metal chassis, and I am responsible for making my own "pretty" enclosure. I am going to do that next week sometime. Then I'll do the pix.
Power output is rated at 2 watts per channel into 8 ohms. It is made for high efficiency speakers. I use Lowther Voigt Pipes. They work real well, and I get very high SPL levels, probably in the area of over 103db. When I turn it up, it gets too loud for my ears to take, before I hear any distortion problems, so it is plenty loud enough for me.
The draw on the battery is 5 amps continuous, when it is on. This gives many hours from a deep-cycle marine battery. I use an automotive style battery charger to charge the battery, when I'm not playing the amp.
The cost so far, without enclosure, is about $2k per watt.
Okay Allan, you have a custom Berning too, but I got the Holy Grail name first! I'd love to hear that amp of yours, also. Another example of a unique Berning design.
I use analog only source, from a Teres 245/OL Silver/Shelter 501. Mitch Cotter step-up transformer, MFA Magus(highly modified), and Lowther Voigt Pipes(made by me, and modified from original design) using EX3 driver units. All cables are DIY.
The room is 14'x24' with a 16' vaulted ceiling, and I listen in the far-field. My chair is about 12 feet from the speakers. SPL is too loud to hear someone talking real loud, right next to you. Fills this room well, and I can feel the bass "slam" in my chest from 12 feet away. This is not a "weak sister".
Having lots of fun!
First, I will post some pictures on my virtual system page, when I get the photos taken. Since this amp was a prototype, it has a perf-metal chassis, and I am responsible for making my own "pretty" enclosure. I am going to do that next week sometime. Then I'll do the pix.
Power output is rated at 2 watts per channel into 8 ohms. It is made for high efficiency speakers. I use Lowther Voigt Pipes. They work real well, and I get very high SPL levels, probably in the area of over 103db. When I turn it up, it gets too loud for my ears to take, before I hear any distortion problems, so it is plenty loud enough for me.
The draw on the battery is 5 amps continuous, when it is on. This gives many hours from a deep-cycle marine battery. I use an automotive style battery charger to charge the battery, when I'm not playing the amp.
The cost so far, without enclosure, is about $2k per watt.
Okay Allan, you have a custom Berning too, but I got the Holy Grail name first! I'd love to hear that amp of yours, also. Another example of a unique Berning design.
I use analog only source, from a Teres 245/OL Silver/Shelter 501. Mitch Cotter step-up transformer, MFA Magus(highly modified), and Lowther Voigt Pipes(made by me, and modified from original design) using EX3 driver units. All cables are DIY.
The room is 14'x24' with a 16' vaulted ceiling, and I listen in the far-field. My chair is about 12 feet from the speakers. SPL is too loud to hear someone talking real loud, right next to you. Fills this room well, and I can feel the bass "slam" in my chest from 12 feet away. This is not a "weak sister".
Having lots of fun!