Any new projects coming out this fall?

aln · « **on:** 27 Aug 2015, 12:06 pm »

Have any new projects/products coming out this fall? Regards

avahifi · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 Aug 2015, 09:00 pm »

We are testing a 1000W mono amp. Two issues, it might require a 20 amp AC line circuit (one per channel) and it is a bit heavy for me to pick up.

Sound? Spectacular!

Frank

aln · « **Reply #2 on:** 28 Aug 2015, 12:04 pm »

Solid state or Tube input? Very interested in this amplifier.

Thanks
Al N

martyo · « **Reply #3 on:** 28 Aug 2015, 12:52 pm »

Wow Frank!!!!!!!!!

Gotta be solid state, or maybe hybrid. Even with Frank being the champion of giving us "champaign on a beer budget", 1000 tube watts just might be outta reach.

I.Greyhound Fan · « **Reply #4 on:** 28 Aug 2015, 02:52 pm »

Frank, you have to invite me over for a listen.

Larry

avahifi · « **Reply #5 on:** 28 Aug 2015, 04:35 pm »

Actually we can do it with either our Synergy solid state or Fet Valve hybrid tube circuits. We have versions of both running right now.

I probably will bring the prototypes to the Minnesota Audio Society meeting on September 15th.

Will use our ABX Comparator to test against any other amps members want to bring in.

Will be fun seeing if I can turn their house Magnapan 1.6 speakers into confetti.

Frank

Listens2tubes · « **Reply #6 on:** 28 Aug 2015, 05:06 pm »

Please post a video of the proceedings. I want to see the confetti.

I.Greyhound Fan · « **Reply #7 on:** 28 Aug 2015, 07:57 pm »

The 1.6's can handle the power as long as it is clean.

NIGHTFALL1970 · « **Reply #8 on:** 1 Sep 2015, 01:36 pm »

Pictures?

mark funk · « **Reply #9 on:** 4 Sep 2015, 06:59 pm »

WOW! That's cool! Just whit i need for my HT2-TL!

They going to be in Denver??

JerryM · « **Reply #10 on:** 4 Sep 2015, 07:18 pm »

1 kW Fet Valve Monoblocks? That's awesome, Frank. What's the tube compliment?

modular747 · « **Reply #11 on:** 4 Sep 2015, 10:58 pm »

As long as it's a mono amp, not a monoblock, I'm interested!

Listens2tubes · « **Reply #12 on:** 5 Sep 2015, 08:27 pm »

Quote from: NIGHTFALL1970 on 1 Sep 2015, 01:36 pm

Pictures?

Yeah!

Minn Mark · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 Dec 2015, 02:01 pm »

Bump.

Any photos of the 1Kw mono amps?

Mark

dB Cooper · « **Reply #14 on:** 13 Dec 2015, 04:52 am »

Quote from: modular747 on 4 Sep 2015, 10:58 pm

As long as it's a mono amp, not a monoblock, I'm interested!

How are they different?

modular747 · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 Dec 2015, 05:19 pm »

"Monoblock" is a marketing gimmick invented by some "high end" manufacturers in order to convey a sense of great mass and expense for their monaural amps, since "mono" conveyed obsolescence in the post stereo era. It has no intrinsic meaning and is testament to the Golden Age of BS we live in.

Wayner · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 Dec 2015, 06:35 pm »

No, its a description for an amplifier of one channel, mounted in one chassis. They usually feature significantly more power then their "stereo" cousins, because they have only one mission to complete. That being the amplification of one, singular channel.

rajacat · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 Dec 2015, 07:00 pm »

Mono blocks generally have separate power supplies too.

modular747 · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 Dec 2015, 07:24 pm »

Quote from: Wayner on 14 Dec 2015, 06:35 pm

No, its a description for an amplifier of one channel, mounted in one chassis. They usually feature significantly more power then their "stereo" cousins, because they have only one mission to complete. That being the amplification of one, singular channel.

That is exactly the definition of a mono amp. The Dynamo Mark III (60 watts/channel) and Mark VI (120 watts/channel) were called "mono" amps, with power per channel exceeding the Stereo 70. "Monoblock" is a ripoff of a term used for the common window air conditioner (compressor and evaporator in one housing), by Krell and their ilk.

modular747 · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 Dec 2015, 07:26 pm »

Quote from: rajacat on 14 Dec 2015, 07:00 pm

Mono blocks generally have separate power supplies too.

Very, very few of the amps sold as "monoblocks" for the last 30 years have had separate power supplies.