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I seem to recall @MakeMineVinyl original moniker was the company he worked for. I don't want to give it away, however, it was a 3 letter name beginning with A and ending with I.
That's a good hypothesis, but the fact remains I don't represent any particular company on the forum because that gets very messy, very fast. Its not much fun either.
In my personnel experience, it is pretty common for engineers to frustrate attorneys when being deposed and when testifying. We are good at sticking to our guns and giving the exact same answer even when the question is reframed 30 different ways.
The nCore modules are two channels, so 2, 4, 6, and 8 would be the logical configurations. They have the 8 channel 100W and the 8 channel 200W on their website now.
The nCore modules are two channels, so 2, 4, 6, and 8 would be the logical configurations. They have the 8 channel 100W and the 8 channel 200W on their website now.
If you look at other amplifiers which use these nCore modules, you'll find this typical. The Monoprice uses heatsinks so that they can deliver their rated power indefinitely, which these modules cannot do if simply bolted to the thin bottom of a chassis, and has microprocessor control of startup, trigger and fault handling, and has a substantial chassis. Ya gets what ya pays for.
That is 8 channels of 502mp that have been upgraded for $3000.
Comparing that to Buckeyes offerings, he would have to get a new custom case to fit 4 502mps for 8 channels and would probably be in the $2100-$2200 price.
Considering monoprice upgraded the heatsinks on these, have a more refined case (with other things to get this to work properly) AND give you a 5 year warranty, the $800 isn't too bad of a price for all of that.
I originally thought the 8x200w amp was going to use 252mp's but it appears from all of their measurements (and saying 502mp on the product page), it uses 502mp's, that makes it a pretty good deal in reality.
Ya, I thought that one was going to be using the 122mp modules due to the 8x100w rating, not the 252mp's that it does use. That is just $350 more than the buckeye 8 channel 252mp offering. I would still personally lean towards buckeye, but I can definitely see the appeal to buying this for only $350 more for everything extra you get.
Does that mean the Benchmark is a terrible amp too? It starts rising at 2,000hz... We are at $2999 for a 2 channel amp in the AHB2's case. The distortion is worse in the monoprice amp, 0.1% compared to 0.003%. But if you can hear that 0.1% distortion you would have some of the best ears ever.
Eh, it may be, but it didn't come off as obvious to me. At 35:30 in the YT video, I get he said they "should" be out in the next couple of weeks, but that was the end of October and this is the first I've seen them on the Monoprice website. Thought they either ran into an issue or maybe just sold out of stock really quickly
Check out the dual power cords on the M8250x. This would allow full use of a 20A service with 4ohm load. But who needs it that loud? Personally, I would rather have four stereo Hypex NC502MP amps than one amp with 8 channels. More diversity of use, likely cooler operation and easier to sell should I no longer need it. It will be interesting to see if the unit still operates safely when one NC502MP module fails.
