[James Tanner]

That's not really the point is it ?

[Rod_S]

Hello James. Are you able to provide an update as to when you anticipate these amps to finally go into production? Looking at my last inquiry into this that was now a month ago. My order and deposit was placed in December so I'm obviously eagerly awaiting delivery as my theater expansion is dependant on this expansion.

Thanks

[James Tanner]

Hi Rod - sorry for the delay but we had a delay in the metal work - frustrating to say the least.
My apology.

james

[Rod_S]

Unfortunate for sure. Thanks James. How much of a further delay are you anticipating as a result, weeks, months?

[James Tanner]

I have been told end of the month.

james

[Rod_S]

Thanks, fingers crossed 

[Rod_S]

Finally picked my BD-225 up today, ordered in December and was surprised to see it had handles even though I ordered it as 17" version. Looking back over my correspondence leading up to my purchase there was no discussion of being asked about handles and whether I wanted them thus my assumption was since it was a 17" version it would not have handles, like the Cubed, SSST2, SST, series analog amps. Are these models just not available without handles? I see I did ask about this in the very 1st post but looking and reading over the thread again I see no answer was actually provided.

[James Tanner]

Hi Rod

Yes both the 17 and 19 inch faceplates were designed including handles.
We are looking at 17 inch versions without handle going forward so we can swap that faceplate out for you later if you want.

best
james

[Rod_S]

Thanks James for confirming the current situation. Just wanted to make sure that no one overlooked a possible handles yes/no option during the order and that I incorrectly assumed the 17" would not have handles.

If you do offer a no handles 17" face plate yeah that would probably be something I take you up on just to soothe the equipment OCD

When did the silver finish option move to a more matte look from the more glossy appearance of my SST2/SST gear. My BDP2 and BIT-20 are also like my SST2's and SST. 

[Rod_S]

Another question, back in January you had sent me a preliminary manual via e-mail. In that manual the unit was to have had a trigger input as well as a trigger output plus designated under a control section a RS232 3.5mm input, a USB-B input, Ethernet port and a Status LED. I was quite surprised when I unboxed the unit that it did not have all these items. Why were these decided to be pulled from the unit during the final design phase since January and only provide a trigger input only and not at least a trigger output?

[James Tanner]

Thanks James for confirming the current situation. Just wanted to make sure that no one overlooked a possible handles yes/no option during the order and that I incorrectly assumed the 17" would not have handles.

If you do offer a no handles 17" face plate yeah that would probably be something I take you up on just to soothe the equipment OCD

When did the silver finish option move to a more matte look from the more glossy appearance of my SST2/SST gear. My BDP2 and BIT-20 are also like my SST2's and SST.

Hi Rod we moved away from anodizing to industrial paints about 2 years ago for environmental reasons.

james

[James Tanner]

Another question, back in January you had sent me a preliminary manual via e-mail. In that manual the unit was to have had a trigger input as well as a trigger output plus designated under a control section a RS232 3.5mm input, a USB-B input, Ethernet port and a Status LED. I was quite surprised when I unboxed the unit that it did not have all these items. Why were these decided to be pulled from the unit during the final design phase since January and only provide a trigger input only and not at least a trigger output?

I am not sure on that issue other than I think the design team assumed on a amplifier they did not want a trigger out as they did not want amplifiers being "Daisey Chained"

james

PS  - have you been able to listen to it yet?

[Rod_S]

Hi Rod we moved away from anodizing to industrial paints about 2 years ago for environmental reasons.

james

Ah interesting, so there would have probably been a design change during the Cubed series existence??

[Rod_S]

I am not sure on that issue other than I think the design team assumed on a amplifier they did not want a trigger out as they did not want amplifiers being "Daisey Chained"

james

PS  - have you been able to listen to it yet?

Can't see why that would have been the case given all the analog amps past and present have always had both trigger ins and outs, would be odd that this would somehow be a limitation of the Class D design. I'm currently daisy chaining it now, it's downstream from the trigger out of my 4B-SST. Curious about other analog amp vs the new Class D design difference choices. The analog amps have switches to toggle the amps between balanced and unbalanced on the inputs, toggles between sensitivity to matchup to the input i.e. 23 vs 29 and a toggle between remote/external power and local for the triggers. Were those analog options possibly deemed redundant after all of these years even though they are all still present even on the Cubed series and perhaps just not yet phased out?

Yes, the amp is connected and running. Still early days as everything it's involved with is new, the amp itself, the 4 Atmos in-ceiling speakers and soon to be rear surround in-walls. This is my 1st Atmos experience and my system hasn't been calibrated yet, I haven't yet run ARC Genesis in my AVM90 and haven't yet been able to find my Radio Shack SPL meter to at least level match all of my speakers. I can tell by listening to everything that some audible level differences exist making any critical listening and critiquing impossible at this stage.

[James Tanner]

OK thanks for the feedback.
Amplifier turn-on especially with toroid transformers can draw huge current (usually 3 times the running current) so may blow a circuit breaker - so be careful when chaining larg amplifiers.

james

[Rod_S]

Thanks, yeah I definitely have experience with that in my previous apartment. My previous SSP had 3 triggers 2 of which I could delay (i.e. turn on) via my Harmony remote which I had to do as almost the entire system was running off a single 15a circuit with the exception of my 2 7B-SST's. As they were at the back of the room, either side of the sofa they each had their own circuit. So in order to keep from tripping my breaker for everything else the SSP power on trigger out went to my 4B-SST and the trigger out of that went to one 7B-SST2 at the back wall then from the trigger out of that to the in of the 2nd 7B-SST2. The two 28B-SST2's were on the other two trigger outs of the SSP and each had a delay, 5 seconds for the 1st and another 5 seconds for the 2nd.

In my new location and room I had 4 20a breakers installed and each of the two 7B-SST2's and 28B-SST2's are on their own 20a circuit. The 4B-SST is on the same circuit as one of the 28's and the new BD-225 is on the same circuit as the other 28. Trigger 1 of my AVM90 goes to one of the 28's then out to one of the 7's. The same for the other 28 from trigger out #2. The 3rd trigger out goes to my 4B-SST then out to the BD-225.