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Designer Hall of Fame
Leopold Stowkowski..In 1934, Stokowski was conductor of thePhiladelphia Orchestra, he was pissed off at the poor playback quality of 78 rpm records of the Orchestra recorded by CBS/Columbia Records. He went to Columbia records in New York in 1934 ... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
One important technical item..Dennis Deacon with D-Sonic, in our conversation this past Sunday, explained the technical reason why he dumped the B&O ICE amps, is that their is a flaw with B&O ICE and other Class-D amps in the upper mid-ran... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
Hifial..you got lost and need to put your glasses back on. Nowhere at any time did I state anywhere in this entire thread that Bill Parish said that the D-sonic blew all the other Class-D amps away. I stated Dennis Deacon's commentscomparing his S... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
Forgot to mention..that Hypex will also be coming out this year with an integrated amplifier using the Hypex 1200 amp. 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
Hifial..I am not putting down any company. Other companies using Hypex amps selling in the same price range, do much more upgrades than Merrill. Merrill adds his own flavor? The only upgrades done to the Veritas using Hypex, is wiring. 10 awg Card... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
Hifial..Dennis with D-Sonic never specifically referred to the NC1200, but to Hypex in general. There has been severalcompanies for years in the States using Hypex amps which includes Channel Islands and the Genesis Reference amps out of Seattle. ... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
One additional item I neglected to add..when I spoke to Dennis Deacon with D-Sonic a few days ago, he mentioned their are currently seven Class-D platforms being used globally which includes the B&O ICE, Nuforce, Hypex, Spectron, and other's, ... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
Hifial..Go on the D-Sonic home page and click on the 6Moonspicture on the left which will take you to the review of the M2-1500M amps. Very impressive. One would conclude from the review the term organic should be taken as a positive. 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
HiFial..I mentioned in another thread recently of the new Hypex Mola-Mola M1 mono amps coming out next spring. Weigh around fifteen pounds each. Bruno Putzeys, the owner/designer of Hypex, came over to New Jersey from the Netherlands just over two... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
Neglected to mention that the term SOA in the D-Sonic amps means Safe-Operating-Area, a technical term that Bob Carver used back in the 90's with his Sunfire amps. The other term for SOA is Semiconductor-Optical-Amplifier which is not the type in ... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
Thr ongoing Sea of evolving Class D technology is hard to keep up with since new products keep popping up several times a year. Regarding the ARC DS450M, I discovered in threads during the past week a problem with the amp that could be a deal brea... 
Review: d-sonic m2-1000s Amplifier
The current M2 series mono and stereo amps from D-Sonic no longer use the B&O Ice Amps. Had a long conversation today with Dennis Deacon. He explained the new Class D amps he uses are the SOA Class D core amplifiers, and stated they have the m... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
FYI..I spoke to Eric at Audio Perfection store in Minneapolis, fifteen minutes from Audio Research in Plymouth. Audio Perfection is a Bell Canto and Audio Research Dealer. Eric's take on the Bel Canto REF1000Mand the Audio Research DS450M is this.... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
Gregm..LOL..No..I do not market or sell any Audio productsat all. I'm not in the retail business. My "ad copy" styleof writing is a habit I'll never shake resulting from being in the publishing business for fifteen years. I'm just an older dude th... 
Spectron Musician III MK.2 or Audio Research DS450
The Audio Research DS450M is the first of its kind, a true high powered A/B Amp with a class D switching module that will forge a new path for the future of amplification. The amp idle's at 55 watts and is as equally efficient as any Class D amp o...