New Purifi amplifiers coming

[Holmz]

I'm aware of what they claim. But I needed to see data to back up these claims.

I knew I should have put a smiley face at the end.

 

[BergeHiFi]

I had it in my hand Saturday evening! I spent a pleasant evening with the Purifi and HifiKlubben folks in Munich. And heard the revised SPK16 with the new tweeter (heard already last year but it was a prototype - this one was the final version).

It was nice to meet you there, greetings from Fredrik the Norwegian.

 

[tomchris]

They finally removed the last kinks and oscillations. It is a new design with a DSP to control how it works. A bold statement by Putzeys that apparently drove everybody crazy at the company, until it finally worked. No idea when it will be on the market, but they’ll do low power versions first.

Are Purifi making more than one PSU for the modules? A low power and a high power version? I was under the impression that a PSU capable of delivering adequate power was the main concern.

 

[mocenigo]

Are Purifi making more than one PSU for the modules? A low power and a high power version? I was under the impression that a PSU capable of delivering adequate power was the main concern.

I think they will.

 

[mocenigo]

Are they using the new power supply now?
Not using the SMPS1200A180?

What I heard in Munich had a Hypex PSU.

 

[mocenigo]

It was nice to meet you there, greetings from Fredrik the Norwegian.

It’s been a pleasure also for me to meet you!

 

[Kravi4ka]

How was the SPK16? Looks much better now, the 147mm waveguided tweeter will be available sometime late summer, can’t wait to build a pair. Or a dozen of them…

 

[mocenigo]

How was the SPK16? Looks much better now, the 147mm waveguided tweeter will be available sometime late summer, can’t wait to build a pair. Or a dozen of them…

Well the system was really surprising. The extension and presence of the bass was remarkable, and everything else sounded just right. I listened to SEVERAL systems where the sound was essentially coming from the speakers unless you were in just a spot; and maybe not even there. Not with the SPK16: the sweet spot was a large area, in all 3 dimensions. In a sense these are speakers that disappear, there is just a realistic image between them and also a bit more to the sides, and also in vertical, which means that there is nothing that is disturbing the brain from creating that illusion. And this in a room that was untreated, and a bit dry with some undesirable reflections!

 

[dlaloum]

Well the system was really surprising. The extension and presence of the bass was remarkable, and everything else sounded just right. I listened to SEVERAL systems where the sound was essentially coming from the speakers unless you were in just a spot; and maybe not even there. Not with the SPK16: the sweet spot was a large area, in all 3 dimensions. In a sense these are speakers that disappear, there is just a realistic image between them and also a bit more to the sides, and also in vertical, which means that there is nothing that is disturbing the brain from creating that illusion. And this in a room that was untreated, and a bit dry with some undesirable reflections!

They are a wide dispersion design... and the description sounds typical of a well sorted wide dispersion speaker

 

[mocenigo]

They are a wide dispersion design... and the description sounds typical of a well sorted wide dispersion speaker

Yes they are. And these are my favorite type of speakers. In fact, I designed my own speakers with exactly the same goal, and I think I achieved that.
Before that I had LeCleac'h horns: perhaps more "precise" in the purely analytical sense, but I could not move the head from the sweet spot and the effect was hyperrealistic — hence sounded a bit fake.