@Fosi Audio, any plans to offer these as a bare amp board/module down the road?!
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Fosi Audio V3 Mono Amplifier Review
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Almost right on cue, my son was playing music this afternoon and the speaker outputs on the Parasound integrated cut out and won’t come back on. Wish this had happened a little closer to the delivery of the mono blocks, but at least I know I have a solution on the way if I can’t get this thing going again. Failing that, it’s back to my crummy Yamaha AVR for awhile.
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We're looking forward to your sharing of comparing the two setups.
@Fosi Audio:
Have you considered putting two of these amps into a single, 1U rack-mountable chassis?
One set of switches instead of two, most probably better cooling and if the PSU was in the same chassis, a MUCH tidier setup.
Such an amp could become the next Dynaco ST-70 or, if you want, the next NAD 3020 of power amps (yes, I'm that old).
P.S.: I've just checked your Kickstarter page for this product and I've noticed the "V3 Mono*2 + 48V/10A Power Supply*1" bundle, but I've not seen a proper description of it. I'm assuming there is some special cable to link both amp to the same PSU or are we dealing with a PSU that has two output connectors? Thanks for any explanation you can provide.
P.P.S.: I just needed to scroll further down the product's page to stumble onto the mention of a splitter cable that lets the 48V/10A PSU power two V3 Mono amps.
Have you considered putting two of these amps into a single, 1U rack-mountable chassis?
One set of switches instead of two, most probably better cooling and if the PSU was in the same chassis, a MUCH tidier setup.
Such an amp could become the next Dynaco ST-70 or, if you want, the next NAD 3020 of power amps (yes, I'm that old).
P.S.: I've just checked your Kickstarter page for this product and I've noticed the "V3 Mono*2 + 48V/10A Power Supply*1" bundle, but I've not seen a proper description of it. I'm assuming there is some special cable to link both amp to the same PSU or are we dealing with a PSU that has two output connectors? Thanks for any explanation you can provide.
P.P.S.: I just needed to scroll further down the product's page to stumble onto the mention of a splitter cable that lets the 48V/10A PSU power two V3 Mono amps.
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It feels like you're on the same wavelength as us! We've recently begun exploring a similar solution – housing multiple amplifier boards within a single chassis and incorporating an internal power supply. Users will have the option to install anywhere from 2 to 5 amplifier boards, somewhat akin to a NAS system supporting multiple hard drives.
Yes, we'll provide a Y splitter cable for the connection. Probably we'll also provide an external power filter.
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He has some problems with the 48v / 10A powersupply. He recommends having 2 independent instead
Edit: I missed that he has posted a pinned comment, Fosi had already responded to this:
"Hi everyone, regarding my power supply issue, Fosi reached out to me with the following note: "We sent you a 48V/10A power supply along with a power splitter cable. However, as this is from the first batch of products, there is a noise issue when using the 48V/10A power supply with two units. We are currently working on solving this issue, and the officially sold products will not have this problem. Please be aware.""
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Strange to think how may this be possible that they didn’t find it in their product before sending it to so called youtube influencers.
What happened to internal testing and all!
I missed the pinned comment:
"Hi everyone, regarding my power supply issue, Fosi reached out to me with the following note: "We sent you a 48V/10A power supply along with a power splitter cable. However, as this is from the first batch of products, there is a noise issue when using the 48V/10A power supply with two units. We are currently working on solving this issue, and the officially sold products will not have this problem. Please be aware.""
Do the y-splitter cables come with the 4x amp, 2x power supply backer option or do I have to add them as an extra?
YT reviews jumped in line with the Kickstarter campaign. They are not particularly interesting, here you have this black box, it has this whimsical thing on the front, and it sounds very nice, subscribe Well, I'm waiting for a review by Andrew Robinson, who has already recorded several rants for Chinese amplifiers, how they are almost a fraud because they have little power - you know, only 50W, and that's almost certainly not enough for everyone! But if you have to review a tube amplifier that has 10W and costs $10k, it can easily provide sound for a 70m2 living room I wonder what this fool will say now.
Well, I'm waiting for a review by Andrew Robinson, who has already recorded several rants for Chinese amplifiers, how they are almost a fraud because they have little power - you know, only 50W, and that's almost certainly not enough for everyone! But if you have to review a tube amplifier that has 10W and costs $10k, it can easily provide sound for a 70m2 living room I wonder what this fool will say now.Very good!
My SONY cassiever in the eighties would let you set the backlight from green to orange to white to match the cockpit lighting of your car. ;-)Add BLUE back-lit VU meters and we have a winner
When a device is pre production it is because the development is not finished. More often than not the product testing is still ongoing. It would be a surprise if pre production devices didn’t have some issues.
Two out of two reviewers sharing power supply between two amps with a Y cable that have a noise issue. I hope it is not the below or they will have to come with some sort of active splitter. I will be curious to see what solution they come with, maybe some sort of filter to tame the PWM power demand spikes?
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The problem is users who always have something to complain about.
When the za3 came out it was reviewed after a while and there was an avalanche of criticism for not sending the device first to have the review immediately upon release.
Then, to guarantee the review upon release, the company sends the devices still in the development phase (with inevitable problems of youth and parameters that are not yet perfectly definitive) and the same people complain about the review which does not represent the performance of the product launched on the market.
Make peace with your brain.
When the za3 came out it was reviewed after a while and there was an avalanche of criticism for not sending the device first to have the review immediately upon release.
Then, to guarantee the review upon release, the company sends the devices still in the development phase (with inevitable problems of youth and parameters that are not yet perfectly definitive) and the same people complain about the review which does not represent the performance of the product launched on the market.
Make peace with your brain.
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