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« on: 25 Dec 2009, 04:32 am »
Anyone heard the Scythe SCA-1000 Kama Bay amp?

TNT reviewed it positively: http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/scythe_sda1000_e.html

Distributor site is:
http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/034/sda1000_detail.html

Don't know how cheerful it is, but it's certainly cheap.

I'm wondering about cheap tweaking potential.
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« Reply #1 on: 25 Dec 2009, 05:07 am »
I have one driving my patio speakers through an Airport Express.  It is now discontinued, but can still be found here and there.  Mine is model SDA-1100 that looks to be the same.
 
It has decent RCA jacks and metal binding posts.  It is probably not as good as the more expensive Tripaths like Trends, KingRex, HLLY, etc. (at 2-1/2 times the price), but for the money in a non-critical application like mine, it is pretty cheap and cheerful.
 
Whether it lends itself to tweaking, I don't know.  I'm sure a good linear power supply couldn't hurt.
 
Steve
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chgolatin2

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« Reply #2 on: 25 Dec 2009, 08:06 pm »
$55 now thats cheap and cheerful pricing!  :drool:
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« Reply #3 on: 26 Dec 2009, 03:06 am »
And that's the price delivered from Iguana Micro, one of the vendors listed on the Scythe USA site!
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Mariusz

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« Reply #4 on: 26 Dec 2009, 04:03 am »
Marry marry to all.

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« Reply #5 on: 26 Dec 2009, 05:17 am »
Looks like a fun little amp to play with. I've payed more than that for the shipping cost of some of my equipment. That's a steal for something that sounds good(enough).

Cool stuff.

Bob
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« Reply #6 on: 26 Dec 2009, 06:10 am »
Bob, I agree. The TNT reviewer was positive about this little amp, given its price/performance ratio. Also, it has some nice amenities that most inexpensive t-amps just don't have.

You could do a little tweak by adding a cap across the power supply's - and + line just before it feeds into the amp. I've had good luck with this mod. I preferred it to slab's.

A cap with low loss might be desirable, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know if a low loss factor would be desirable in this context? Or, what value cap?

Oh yeah, almost forgot, this amp is bridgeable to mono.
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« Reply #7 on: 16 Jan 2010, 06:04 am »
What a fun product - thanks!
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« Reply #8 on: 16 Jan 2010, 02:53 pm »
Happy to share.

I ordered one last night. I'll report on it after I receive it, but I doubt I will be able to add to the TNT article I cited above.
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Mariusz

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« Reply #9 on: 16 Jan 2010, 05:43 pm »
Please do!

Nice find!


THX!

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« Reply #10 on: 16 Jan 2010, 05:52 pm »
I like to tinker, but I'm pretty much ignorant of things electronic. But, like most people, I won't let my own ignorance stand in my way.

I'm going to have a look at the Kama Bay Amp, now the 1100, for little things I can do to tweak it. Of course, new caps and wire are first up. That's about the limit of my abilities, electronic, soldering and otherwise.

I'll see what I can do with it and report as I go... if I don't forget.
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Mariusz

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« Reply #11 on: 16 Jan 2010, 05:59 pm »
If it sounds good, I'm sure we will come across this topic at least ones more.  :thumb:

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