Klipsch Heritage The Fifteen Wireless

[watchnerd]

Thanks Ray,
Yes everything has gotten so much smaller over the years but it still amazes my how they can create 2x56 watt amps with so little.

Funny, I always have the opposite reaction when I look at pure Class A power amps. So little output for so much size and heat.

 

[watchnerd]

The JBL 305/308 is probably the most bang for the buck there is in hifi.

But:
- I believe Klipsch manufactures in the US, unlike JBL. Which is cool I think (probably the only point of agreement between me and the president elect)
- JBL probably has very small margins on each unit sold of the 305/308, and makes up for it with scale. Klipsch probably needs a substantial margin on each unit sold, since they sell fewer units
- a low price point would undercut the rest of their offerings in that price range

I'm still going to disagree because of the example of Dynaudio.

Dynaudio still makes its speakers in Denmark (labor costs as high or higher than US), with varying wood/MSF finishes, and has a number of active speakers with DSP crossovers in its lineup, in both the pro and consumer side, many of which sell for far less than $3000/pair.

Dynaudio isn't even close to the size of Harman.

 

[RayDunzl]

It's not a custom ASIC that JBL/Harman is using. The amp/DSP combo is a TI part.

Here's a teardown of a'305 My '308 looks all but identical but has a bit of a heat sink clamped over the amp chip.

STA350BW

Cirrus ADC

STM Controller.

 

[watchnerd]

Here's a teardown of a'305 My '308 looks all but identical but has a bit of a heat sink clamped over the amp chip.

STA350BW

Cirrus ADC

STM Controller.

Yep, all off the shelf stuff.

 

[watchnerd]