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Nord's new Value-Line Hypex NCore MP series
holbob
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Cheaper than Audiophonics now for this line. I've had 122mp and 252mp from Audiophonics, if this line was about then I would have gone Nord.
A gentle comment on calling it "value line" and sticking it on the front chassis - bad, bad idea. It will devalue your whole brand. Think of something else.
A gentle comment on calling it "value line" and sticking it on the front chassis - bad, bad idea. It will devalue your whole brand. Think of something else.
OP
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Maybe just Nord in front and Value Line on the back would please everyone?
Maybe offer it with a rack-mount plate that covers up the Value Line 
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Cheers The whole idea about putting this on the front is to do exactly the opposite, to differentiate this line with its Caldarella appearance to our normal line. And for that reason the MP series only has 2 lines to instantly identify it. I will play around with positioning. I'm also being swayed over to NV-L NVL appreciate all the input certainly help when there is only 2 of us.
OP
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Very nice imo!
BTW, you know your customers better than I, but I was somewhat serious about offering a rack mount plate, or at least mounting ears. I know if I bought one the first thing I'd do is make it rack mountable.
Cool - and with that you've just catapulted yourselves to the top my my amp supplier list.
The bad news is that a new amp is only 4th on my capital approval list - which starts with a new macbook - so a purchase may be a year or two down the road.
PS - in firefox, www.nordacoustics.co.uk is giving a certificate security error. It works fine as nordacoustics.co.uk, leaving off the www.
holbob
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Yeah Virgin Media used to block it on their websafe as well. Not sure if they still do.
Davide
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I built my NC252MP in the exact same case for around 300 Euros total. Then added about 40 euros of additional dissipation because as it was it heated up a lot. That case doesn't dissipate excess heat, especially without thermal paste.
Considering the time I spent there this was a great alternative.
Considering the time I spent there this was a great alternative.
OP
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Considering you get an NC252MP to begin with, as these are not sold for DIY...
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Fully vented lid? Yes they use case as heatsink. We take thermal design very seriously and evaluate every new product.
We have hundreds of these out in the real world in same case but with aluminium top and bottom, they run well within thermal tolerances. And remain reliable.
Hypex don't recommend thermal paste it has opposite effect on such a large area. It's fine on CPU's where clamping contact is sufficient and use of very high thermal conductivity W/mk.
We have hundreds of these out in the real world in same case but with aluminium top and bottom, they run well within thermal tolerances. And remain reliable.
Hypex don't recommend thermal paste it has opposite effect on such a large area. It's fine on CPU's where clamping contact is sufficient and use of very high thermal conductivity W/mk.
Davide
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Have you done any calculations or have you measured the module heating? If so, how did you measure it?
The speech of the conductive paste depends on the roughness and flatness of the materials, it is impossible to generalize.
