[albee]

VInnie, anybody, can you give me a fidelity "description" of both units?  I have a Teac and wonder if it will have nearly the same "magic" of the 2024 chip if modded to battery power?

[Dmason]

Albee,

Don't know if this helps, but this time next week I will have All-Out versions of both. After some mileage, I can give a better assessment. Frankly, I am interested in whether the 2024 sonic could be trumped.

[Vinnie R.]

VInnie, anybody, can you give me a fidelity "description" of both units?  I have a Teac and wonder if it will have nearly the same "magic" of the 2024 chip if modded to battery power?

Hi Albee,

The battery conversion + mods to the Teac that I do certainly make it sound very similar to the Clari-T, but with more punch and the ability to drive speakers that are not high efficiency.  There is plenty of
magic in the TK2050 power amp chip once it is modded for serious performance...which is what I do.    
These are some serious 30 watts here...super clean, super dynamic, total battery powered Tripath sound!

I have one customer all the way in Monaco who has a Clari-T, and recently received his Red Wine Teac, which he loves and will post about soon.  

Dmason will have his by the end of next week, and will be able to use it with his Real-T (which has a pair of volume controlled RCA outputs), which means he can use the built-in Monica 2 and stepped attenuator, and switch between the modded Clari-T board and the Red Wine Teac!  

[shelt59]

This may be a stupid question, but here goes

If you are using two 12V SLA batteries, how are you generating +24V, +5V and -24V for the tripath chip?  I had the impression you bypass all of the existing PSU circuits.

I can see a direct +12v, -12V setup with an additional simple 5V regulator circuit, but that would only generate a small part of the teac's 30WPC potential.  

Thanks, and sorry if I'm missing something obvious!!

Rich

[Vinnie R.]

This may be a stupid question, but here goes

If you are using two 12V SLA batteries, how are you generating +24V, +5V and -24V for the tripath chip?  I had the impression you bypass all of the existing PSU circuits.

I can see a direct +12v, -12V setup with an additional simple 5V regulator circuit, but that would only generate a small part of the teac's 30WPC potential.  

Thanks, and sorry if I'm missing something obvious!!

Rich

Hi Rich,

I completely remove the stock switch mode power supply out of the Teac.  I then break it in half over my knee (just kidding)  

The Tripath chip set in the Teac does not use negative voltages, only positive voltages.  

Regards,