Nice video.
Manley has always done a great job marrying pro-audio and vintage technology, but it is still interesting to see this.
Before car amps went to class D I repaired thousands of them and they where around ~50-60 KHz. High current output, decent voltage output for lotsa wattage and got the job done with a small palm sized toroidal transformer.I am somewhat surprised they didn't use a higher switching rate than 125 khz.
That's a normal switching rate for an SMPS.I am somewhat surprised they didn't use a higher switching rate than 125 khz.
Yes, I know, but Bruno doesn't always do normal, and there is no compelling reason he couldn't have chosen another frequency that I know of. So I might have expected him to choose a bit higher. I forget the brand, but there are some German electronics that do phono, DACs, and preamps and they went with SMPS using 500 khz switching rates because they wanted their analog sections to have good response to 200 khz -3db and wanted to get the switching rate well above that.That's a normal switching rate for an SMPS.
Wow!Yes, I know, but Bruno doesn't always do normal, and there is no compelling reason he couldn't have chosen another frequency that I know of. So I might have expected him to choose a bit higher. I forget the brand, but there are some German electronics that do phono, DACs, and preamps and they went with SMPS using 500 khz switching rates because they wanted their analog sections to have good response to 200 khz -3db and wanted to get the switching rate well above that.
Interesting.Yes, I know, but Bruno doesn't always do normal, and there is no compelling reason he couldn't have chosen another frequency that I know of. So I might have expected him to choose a bit higher. I forget the brand, but there are some German electronics that do phono, DACs, and preamps and they went with SMPS using 500 khz switching rates because they wanted their analog sections to have good response to 200 khz -3db and wanted to get the switching rate well above that.
Agreed, the widely used Hypex SMPS1200Axx are 100kHz for example.That's a normal switching rate for an SMPS.
I wonder what took them so long to adopt the new design in their products. She said she hired Bruno in 2012, it's been 8 years now...
They've had them in newer designs for a long time. It's the classic gear they're getting around to retrofitting now.I wonder what took them so long to adopt the new design in their products. She said she hired Bruno in 2012, it's been 8 years now...
What's with the "airy", "blacks" etc.? Just to keep the audiophiles from zoning out?
Geez, did he lost a bet or something? Or is this a marketing strategy to look like an audio guru?
Do you mean just from an economic perspective?more loss