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Careful, the bandwidth for those measurements is not the same.@amirm , which one you think is better? Interestingly enough, beheaded panther vs. recommended component .
Careful, the bandwidth for those measurements is not the same.@amirm , which one you think is better? Interestingly enough, beheaded panther vs. recommended component .
I checked that. As best I can identify, it is set to 110. I am not sure what the switch is doing anyway as this has a switching power supply.
On its way here.Yep, knew that. Sorry, I meant the new Starkrimson Ultra.
Great news @SIY ! ill looking forward for your review.On its way here.
@amirm , which one you think is better? Interestingly enough, beheaded panther vs. recommended component .
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This amp is $799 and Topping PA3s is about $150. You can not compare them with the same stick.@amirm , which one you think is better? Interestingly enough, beheaded panther vs. recommended component .
This amp is $799 and Topping PA3s is about $150. You can not compare them with the same stick.
This amp is $799 and Topping PA3s is about $150. You can not compare them with the same stick.
Frankly, I do not care about price. There are $30K products worse than other $1K products. All I care about are parameters, reliability, built quality, not the price. Price tells almost nothing.
Here is the correct equivalent measurement for the topping - better than the MiniGan above about 1/10th of a watt. About the same below that level:@amirm , which one you think is better? Interestingly enough, beheaded panther vs. recommended component .
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True, but......There are $30K products worse than other $1K products. ...
Frankly, I do not care about price. There are $30K products worse than other $1K products. All I care about are parameters, reliability, built quality, not the price. Price tells almost nothing.
thats some r word logicThis amp is $799 and Topping PA3s is about $150. You can not compare them with the same stick.
More appropriate comparison is between Topping PA3s and AIYIMA A07.
This is such bullshit. Floating heatsinks? Hilarious.First of all thank you Amir for this very informative review.
Would like to share what have been reported by the manufacturer about the shared Graph.
I think that says a lot about the good attentions of the manufacturer ... I must admit that for an American product, I do not know what to think about it anymore ....
"Hi,
This graph was from a discussion I was having with someone and it was regarding the amps headroom. This little amp puts out lots of power and lots of very clean headroom. Some of the components of the amp are not made to handle this king of power for long periods so it is rated at 200W RMS per channel into 8 ohms.
Tom"
At the same time I share all the answers given by the manufacturer and I quote about the Heatsinks :
ClassDaudio :
"Yes, I already addressed this in the last email. We have been working on this amp for over two years. We did use to have the heatsink over the GaN FETs and using thermal compound and also thermal pads. What we found kind of by accident is the amp actually ran a little cooler having the heatsink raised above the FETs like it is and drawing a little heat away from the PCB. The GaN FETs can run at over the rated power without a heatsink, but taking some of the heat from the PCB does help with cooling. This is not a design problem or error."
So you can compare VS again the one from Premium Audio :
"The inductors were changed because as most know, there is a world-wide chip and parts shortage. The original coils we used were back ordered for months. These toroids have the exact same performance as the others we used. We did just got a few thousand pieces in (that were ordered for months). The toroids actually run a little cooler and performance is exactly the same. As for the as you called it flying heatsinks, we originally had them mounted on the FETs with thermal pads and other, but found the amp actually runs a little cooler like this. The heatsink raised like this draws some heat from the PCB and the FETs can run at rated power without heatsink. "