"Rouge Audio Design" sells already a product with Hypex NCx500 built in ...
Seems like a decent deal for a dual mono design.
Not sure I like the look of it but not a deal breaker imo.
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Hypex Announces New and Improved NCOREx Class-D Amplifier Technology
Seems like a decent deal for a dual mono design.
Not sure I like the look of it but not a deal breaker imo.
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McIntosh. My guess is that the more recent version will sound basically the same but will run a bit cooler.
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Approx. same price as Purify designs, so why should we consider this option?"Rouge Audio Design" sells already a product with Hypex NCx500 built in ...
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these are also exactly my thoughts about it ...
The design of the case is not so to my taste,
but there are worse ...
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Because NCoreX is competitive in performance and power to Purifi's higher power module.
So in case you dont require higher power than a standard Purify modul, then not?
competition is always good. previously hypex is always considered to be of lower tier (performance/price) compared to purifi. now it means either purifi needs to be cheaper, or get better, because you have other choices in that price range
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Then there is also Hypex Nilai500 DIY to compete with EVAL-1 from Purifi.
Agreed, competition is good!
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https://www.soundimports.eu/en/ said to me that they will come up with a kit or complete amp for the NCx500 OEM soon, featuring their own brand for amp kits: "SoundImpress"
https://www.soundimports.eu/en/brands/soundimpress/
https://www.soundimports.eu/en/brands/soundimpress/
All I stated earlier is still accurate...
I can only offer that the NcoreX 500 module is compatible with the original NC500 eval board. Beyond that, it is dependent on the buffer board implementation and would be specific to how the amplifier vendor implemented. In some quick ad-hoc testing, actually got somewhat less power from the NcoreX at 4 ohms than the NC500. This was gain matched setup and made no change to the NC500 eval board. The NcoreX buffers were disabled and not sure how the regulation was done.
If you have specific questions, would email Hypex support or the amp vendor.
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First of all, thanks for the clarification!
I´m thinking about an "upgrade and forget" path for my amplification and Hypex modules are a great way to just be sure that I can discard the amp as a factor. My only worry was the NC500 modules being phased out, so capacity to repair is a concern. I might as well wait a bit for the new modules to be adopted, though.
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Maybe get the new Nilai500 DIY amps from Hypex? They have started shipping, just released.
...and ended. Avail. - end of march 2023...
Over the Christmas/New Year break I built 4 channels of the NCx500 modules with 2 SMPS1200 kindly supplied to me by excellent service as usual from Hypex sales.
As the attached photo shows I did not use the evaluation boards but soldered directly to the NCx500 36-pin connector partly because I did not have space and partly because I wanted to hear the NCx500 boards directly – it was something I had done 8 years ago with the original NC500 boards though would not recommend it to everyone. I also used the buffer circuit built onto the NCx500 board even though it can easily be bypassed by switching some jumper pins. Being hard-wired I did use any software control.
To cut a long story short I was very impressed by the sound quality not only compared to the NC502MP modules I had used previously (and kept one in place on RHS for bass drivers of my 3-way DEQX-active speakers) but also in absolute terms I now feel I have an amplifier that can compete with the best with extraordinary clarity/resolution, tonal balance and speed/PRaT and can forget about the amplifier when designing loudspeakers.
The long story can be found at www.facebook.com/legendspeakers
As the attached photo shows I did not use the evaluation boards but soldered directly to the NCx500 36-pin connector partly because I did not have space and partly because I wanted to hear the NCx500 boards directly – it was something I had done 8 years ago with the original NC500 boards though would not recommend it to everyone. I also used the buffer circuit built onto the NCx500 board even though it can easily be bypassed by switching some jumper pins. Being hard-wired I did use any software control.
To cut a long story short I was very impressed by the sound quality not only compared to the NC502MP modules I had used previously (and kept one in place on RHS for bass drivers of my 3-way DEQX-active speakers) but also in absolute terms I now feel I have an amplifier that can compete with the best with extraordinary clarity/resolution, tonal balance and speed/PRaT and can forget about the amplifier when designing loudspeakers.
The long story can be found at www.facebook.com/legendspeakers
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Hi, on what basis did you determine that the NCx is audibly superior to the NC?
Purely subjective - based on a lot of listening experience including designing loudspeakers at Linn in Glasgow the mid-late 1980s and then for Legend Acoustics since.
If you go to my FB link you will see that I think the NCx500 are superior to the NC500MP that are superior to the NC500.
However like all subjective things it depends on the observer so others may find differently.
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Hi @ozlegend and Welcome Aboard,
Do you represent “Legend Speakers” and/or have any Commercial associations with them? If so, please send me a PM further expounding on your association with this speaker manufacturer.
Thank you for your cooperation and support.
I sent you the requested PM a few hours ago.
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