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| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? It's amazing how ignorant and nasty some people act. The mono IceEdge modules cost almost $500 a pair with shipping and duty. My chassis and copper and aluminum plates and drilling and front plate engraving cost way over $300. Then there are ex... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? You cannot buy the IceEdge modules from anyone. They are only sold to OEMs. Not for DIY use. Only the older outdated modules are sold on Parts Express.No one gets a commission by being excited about my products. There is no money for advertisi... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load You only need as much power as you need. The "rated" lowest manufacturer suggested impedance for the IceEdge is 2.7 ohms. But in "real life" it puts out 1000 watts at 2 ohms. What a manufacturer recommends and what is real are sometimes far off. A... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load IcePower is rating their module in a conservative way. 2.7 ohms is three 8 ohm drivers in parallel. They are selling this amp for concert use and sub woofer use as well. You don't want your loud concert shutting off because the amp is going int... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load The CS5 is a very old design using not the latest drivers, caps, resistors, wire, etc. etc. Any of the speakers I mentioned would kill it. Comparing an outdated old speaker to newer speakers is ignorant. Check out the reviews on the Ulfberht...... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load I know someone using the Icepower IceEdge modules on his Thiel CS3.7's and he can blast it all he wants. I have tested the IceEdge module to do 1000 watts at 2 ohms. That is a lot of power but less than half on what a JC-1 will do.I think very o... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong The latest Heisenberg is suppose to be way better than the old Max......same with the Relentless. The new DAgostino has .003 percent distortion at full power, .03 ohm output impedance, 100K bandwidth...all with no feedback!!!.....this is stagger... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong George,What amps have you removed the output filters from so you can test your "idea"? What amps have you raised the switching frequency on so you can again....test your "idea"? You have interesting ideas. That is all they are. You have no pro... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Phil has some balanced cables but not ones he likes. He is now a super fan of the Teo liquid cables. But he only has them unbalanced It is very hard for him to change cables (crammed space..using mirror, etc.) so he is waiting for his custom ba... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Phil is waiting on balanced cables to really hear the EVS1200 amps (listening with rca and adapters now). Will be a week or so before he chimes in. The amp sounds so much better balanced I have decided that it is a balanced amp only and will be... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Yes, the stock IceEdge modules are compressed sounding (dynamics, soundstage, etc.). Not the modded mono boards I sell. I do 17 proprietary mods to the boards (in addition to the super wire, Furutech IEC and XLR jacks, binding post bypass system, ... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong The Gramophone review said the Technics was not the most detailed thing around and the Hometheater review guy is now raving about a Levinson Integrated class A/B amp. I guess Technics GaN amps have come and gone........and who the heck is going t... | |
| Balanced vs RCA between amp/preamp Many owners of Atmasphere gear (amps to preamps....all balanced) have reported the same cable differences that others have reported on other balanced gear. I wish it were true that running balanced let you use Mogami cables and nothing sounds bet... | |
| Balanced vs RCA between amp/preamp If both the source and load are fully balanced......then balanced sounds noticeably better. Not just lower noise but more transparent/real and more information. I can hear the difference from the kitchen. This was tested with the same source an... | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour Another amp in this price range to A/B with the Merrill is the new Totaldac AMP-1....($20K for single rca input amp and $40K for XLR mono blocks). Naturally the XLR mono blocks would be the ONLY way to go. I am pretty sure the zero feedback tube... |