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Huh, I'd love to see someone build one of these so I can follow along. - for a few days there I was certain I wanted to try tube amp next, now not so sure, why bother
well, it's not that... Not dismissing. I was actually considering saving up for some Manley Snappers, or something like that (still have a lot to learn about the different options I might have). 110 watts of full bandwidth power would be quite an upgrade to what I have now... (and a perfect match to my speakers, I've been told).But from what I understand so far about these NCores is I could potentially spend a lot less, and have 400 watts on tap with from what everyone is saying, pretty revolutionary sonic attributes. I would love to have tube monos... would certainly look a lot cooler... but ultimately it's power and fidelity that matter most at the least cash outlay.
Still digging through that very technical thread over there:Bruno- "A year ago a successful hi-fi importer and key figure in a very famous loudspeaker manufacturer responded to hearing an early prototype of the NC1200 (and contrasting its size, weight and cost against the reference set it had just beaten): "This thing is going to destroy the amplifier market as we know it. Which, for you, is good news of course." He then immediately went on to ouline the exact problem I knew I'm faced with and proposed to apply all his business acumen to finding a strategy. He still hasn't found anything workable.So the problem is clearly tough but I am not at all convinced it is a dichotomy (in which there are exactly two solutions in mutual exclusivity). To show this, let's assume I take one of these choices and try to hit the "mass market". Taking the above importer's opinion at face value, how do we make the mass market appreciate that this is the real deal, the [name big brand] amp in a milk carton? Can you imagine any hi-fi reviewer picking up the courage to state that an amplifier has arrived that refers mammoth amps to the age of dinosaurs? Why do you think these guys are so good at waffling? If I work the mass market first, that gives them an excuse to say "yeah fine for mid-priced home theatre but there still is this stratosphere where linear amps rule", thus turning the old technology into something to aspire to. It's the perfect way of letting disruptive technology sit in the market for ages without anyone really noticing. That's why I think it's not either-or, but both-and. But that will take quite a bit of forethought.Economists might imagine otherwise, but the free market is not run by rational, fully informed consumers. It is ran by opinions, partial information, pre-existing business interests and the pure chaos that any sufficiently non-linear feedback system has. The days that the superior technology automatically succeeds commercially on its own merits are over. Thanks for the link btw I will probably buy this book." interesting stuff so far...
Turbo,Thanks. Which if any CI Audio amp did you own or audition? If none, what was the make/model employing Hypex UCD?
So far, they have not changed a thing. The only commercial manufacturer to use them thus far is Theta -- At $6,000 a channel. Hardly mainstream
If its that good there is little chance a manufacturer such as Channel Island, PSAudio etc will not step up. This is a perfect product for psaudio to jump back into amps. That said, not sure what the delay is!
Turbo, Bruno says the sound of the Ncore is "no sound at all, just the music" . Just your source.
That's probably true to some level, but you should also read the white paper.