New Purifi amplifiers coming

[Matias]

Insane.

 

[Sonny1]

The question is why would you need to upgrade? Do you lack power? Or can somehow be the first human ever who can hear distortion difference between 110dB and 120dB?

I’ve done the maths and it’s 10 better. Major upgrade until someone comes out with one that is 11+ better. Like 10 Minute Abs when 9 Minute Abs came out. One better!

 

[SuicideSquid]

I’ve done the maths and it’s 10 better. Major upgrade until someone comes out with one that is 11+ better. Like 10 Minute Abs when 9 Minute Abs came out. One better!

 

[Ra1zel]

Purifi just casually turning into gold anything they touch

 

[boXem]

Yes. We should just keep in mind that gain is unknown.

Insane.

 

[mocenigo]

Yes. We should just keep in mind that gain is unknown.

IIRC 17Db.

 

[boXem]

IIRC 17Db.

Oh, that's much higher than what I had in mind.

 

[Matias]

Yes. We should just keep in mind that gain is unknown.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but higher gain would rise the noise floor which is essentially the downward slope in the beginning. Even if we raise it to reach the level of the others, still the line goes on and on to impossibly low levels and still shoots high power more than the others. Still insane.

 

[boXem]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but higher gain would rise the noise floor which is essentially the downward slope in the beginning. Even if we raise it to reach the level of the others, still the line goes on and on to impossibly low levels and still shoots high power more than the others. Still insane.

Agree

 

[mocenigo]

Oh, that's much higher than what I had in mind.

I provoked Claus Neegard a bit when I mentioned that the LA90 had a noise floor of about 2uV and the response was that if one considers it properly it is better even than the Benchmark and the LA90.

I defined it “ludicrously low, not that I have any doubt, I believe it. But it does defy belief” and he admitted that, yes, it was ludicrous (in a positive way).

The buffer board is no longer a part of the whole board that can be snapped off. It is a separate tiny board now.

 

[mocenigo]

Oh, that's much higher than what I had in mind.

I may have remembered completely wrong. I asked one year ago, I forgot to ask again this year. Maybe it is a puny 9db. Who knows.

 

[goryu]

One hopes they can reproduce the low distortion performance in a module with less power.

 

[mocenigo]

One hopes they can reproduce the low distortion performance in a module with less power.

Why? To have a less expensive option?

 

[goryu]

Why? To have a less expensive option?

For those who have active systems you don't need this kind of power for tweeters and midranges.

 

[mocenigo]

For those who have active systems you don't need this kind of power for tweeters and midranges.

Yes but it only makes sense if the BOM gets significantly lower. Let us see.

 

[mocenigo]

The one and only advantage of the 7040 over the 1ET400A is the power in very difficult loads. All the other metrics are equal or not as good. The 9040 is better than the 1ET400A for all the metrics (at the exception of price).

Not to speak of the fact that it is a radically different design.

 

[mocenigo]

Purifi just casually turning into gold anything they touch

They use mathematical models. Just as mathematics has made all old horns obsolete (feel free to use a Goto or a Conic, but then you are a distortion loving dinosaur), they are tackling everything else.

 

[Jim Creek]

Following a private request, I gathered the (preliminary?) THD+N data from the image provided by @mocenigo earlier in the thread and updated my plot data. The resulting comparison looks like this:
View attachment 291189
The usual caveats apply: The data is collected from different sources. The amps are using different gains which I did not track. Some are just not specified, some may be listed in the sources below.

Sources:

• 1ET400A
  
  https://purifi-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1ET400A-Data-Sheet-1.00.pdf
• NC500
  
  https://www.hypex.nl/documenten/download/854
• Nilai
  
  

  Hypex Presents New Nilai500 DIY Audio Amplifier Module

  Following the announcement of the new and improved NCOREx Class-D amplifier technology, Hypex has also reserved a surprise for this year's High End Show in Munich. In a completely separate announcement, Hypex will be launching the Nilai500DIY module, which is specified to deliver 500W with 1%...

  audioxpress.com
• NCx500
  
  

  Hypex Announces New and Improved NCOREx Class-D Amplifier Technology

  Hypex Electronics announced a new and improved iteration of its popular NCORE Class-D amplifier technology and unveiled the NCx500 OEM, the first of a new NCOREx family of modules to be launched. According to the Dutch company, the new technology will afford at least 2x better performance...

  audioxpress.com
• 1ET9040BA
  (This thread)

I would be quite happy with an NCx500!

 

[cicastol]

At the High End I met Purifi, and I was offered a sneak peek of the new 1ET9040BA. Available soon-ish, CUT

Now after over a year from sneak peek of this module there are any news or is still MIA ??

 

[mocenigo]

Now after over a year from sneak peek of this module there are any news or is still MIA ??

I believe we have to be patient a bit more. Not all supply chain issues have been solved, I guess.