Hypex NCx500 Class D Amplifier Review

[Hayabusa]

What brand class-D chip are they using? Does anyone know?

Looking at the specs this must be one of the best amplifiers ever made!

none..

 

[Buckeye Amps]

What brand class-D chip are they using? Does anyone know?

Looking at the specs this must be one of the best amplifiers ever made!

The "chip" is a Hypex NCx500 module (so Hypex brand, their NCOREx iteration)

 

[voodooless]

What brand class-D chip are they using? Does anyone know?

They are a fully discrete design. So no chips other than maybe a microcontroller for some monitoring duties.

 

[Megaken]

Gonna add an external tube buffer

 

[Matias]

@Megaken you can buy a class D amp from VTV with an internal tube buffer, if that is what you want.

VTV Amplifier Custom Vacuum Tube Input Buffer Purifi 1ET-400A, NC500OEM | VTV Amplifier

 

[DrCWO]

What brand class-D chip are they using? Does anyone know?

As far as I know they have their own. And yes, best Amp I ever got

 

[DrCWO]

Gonna add an external tube buffer

Why to get an amp without noise and distortion and afterwards add noise and distortion by tubes?
This looks strange to me. If you like noise and distortions better get a tube amp and save the money for the NCx500

 

[Megaken]

@Megaken you can buy a class D amp from VTV with an internal tube buffer, if that is what you want.

VTV Amplifier Custom Vacuum Tube Input Buffer Purifi 1ET-400A, NC500OEM | VTV Amplifier

It's exactly what I want, but I already have an amp without the internal buffer, and want to achieve that effect for $20

 

[DrCWO]

@Megaken you can buy a class D amp from VTV with an internal tube buffer, if that is what you want.

Would be interesting to see measurements and SINAD

 

[Matias]

Lots of noise and distortion added, no doubt about it. I just gave an alternative, not that I would use it myself.

 

[Mnyb]

Gonna add an external tube buffer


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What an horrible idea ! Why do that to one of the best amps you can get

 

[Julf]

There is always Tube Saturator Vintage...

 

[Everett T]

There is always Tube Saturator Vintage...

Plugins are the way to go..

 

[SIY]

Gonna add an external tube buffer


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I always prefer my bile buffered.

 

[DrCWO]

Plugins are the way to go..

I found Pro Tools Into that supports AAX plugins for free
Does anyone of you know if I can connect a USB Audio interface to my Win PC and run the AAX plugin from digital in to digital out via this interface in realtime?

Edit:
Can virtual Audio cable be used with it and what about Roon integration?

 

[Everett T]

I found Pro Tools Into that supports AAX plugins for free
Does anyone of you know if I can connect a USB Audio interface to my Win PC and run the AAX plugin from digital in to digital out via this interface in realtime?

Edit:
Can virtual Audio cable be used with it and what about Roon integration?

I don't see why not and I use VAC in my Church setup to route signals to my stream and then back out to the live audience feed. As for ROON it should work the same as using VST plugins, but hopefully someone who is a regular room user or developer can chime in

 

[mocenigo]

What brand class-D chip are they using? Does anyone know?

Looking at the specs this must be one of the best amplifiers ever made!

If you are talking of the Hypex modules, they have their own technology.

 

[mocenigo]

I always prefer my bile buffered.

Of course this is a reference to power often translated from chinese as "bile" on the AliExpress site...