Wholeheartedly agree - the Modulus-286 is serving me well.
Yes, for sure. @tomchr does all this make you at all interested in offering complete assembled products? Has anyone approached you to build under license?
I wasn't thinking about myself with my question about licensing. I would be terrible at building amps. Was just wondering if anyone else had ever asked about it. Sounds like that hasn't come together so far but maybe if the LA90 sparks things then who knows?I'm more than happy to build a Modulus-286 for you. In fact, I have it available here: https://neurochrome.com/products/stereo-modulus-286
I'm also happy to license the circuit to you so you can build the amps commercially. I do get the occasional OEM approach, but so far they've balked at the parts cost.
Building the Modulus-286 on a larger scale would require some tweaks to the mechanical aspects of the circuit. Basically there's too much manual labour in the current build for it to be possible to build the amps economically on more than a onesie-twosie kind of scale. Also, a commercial version would ideally be in a custom chassis for custom branding/design language. The commercial version would also need to be a bit different from the DIY version. Otherwise people will start comparing the commercial product against the DIY offerings. Anyway. Long story short. It's quite an undertaking but it is something I think about periodically. I do have TCA going for exactly that: www.tomchr.com
That said, I'm not getting a lot of traction with TCA. It's a crowded market and it's hard to break through. Then again, I don't do much beyond posting here and attending trade shows, so I could certainly do more marketing. But Neurochrome (my DIY brand) has really taken off the past few years and I'm picking up more consulting gigs, so I'm beginning to wonder if I honestly have enough time in my life for TCA. Then again, again, I'm not sure TCA would require that much time once I got it going. At least not at the scale I'm after. I would be quite happy with 10-20 orders/month. That's not that hard to sustain. Getting to that point is a challenge, though.
Maybe I'm overthinking it. It certainly wouldn't be the first time in my life that's happened. I'm sure you're all completely shocked to hear this.
Anyway. This was a very longwinded answer to a pretty simple question. Sometimes it helps me to write these things out.
Tom
I'm more than happy to build a Modulus-286 for you. In fact, I have it available here: https://neurochrome.com/products/stereo-modulus-286
I'm also happy to license the circuit to you so you can build the amps commercially. I do get the occasional OEM approach, but so far they've balked at the parts cost.
Building the Modulus-286 on a larger scale would require some tweaks to the mechanical aspects of the circuit. Basically there's too much manual labour in the current build for it to be possible to build the amps economically on more than a onesie-twosie kind of scale. Also, a commercial version would ideally be in a custom chassis for custom branding/design language. The commercial version would also need to be a bit different from the DIY version. Otherwise people will start comparing the commercial product against the DIY offerings. Anyway. Long story short. It's quite an undertaking but it is something I think about periodically. I do have TCA going for exactly that: www.tomchr.com
That said, I'm not getting a lot of traction with TCA. It's a crowded market and it's hard to break through. Then again, I don't do much beyond posting here and attending trade shows, so I could certainly do more marketing. But Neurochrome (my DIY brand) has really taken off the past few years and I'm picking up more consulting gigs, so I'm beginning to wonder if I honestly have enough time in my life for TCA. Then again, again, I'm not sure TCA would require that much time once I got it going. At least not at the scale I'm after. I would be quite happy with 10-20 orders/month. That's not that hard to sustain. Getting to that point is a challenge, though.
Maybe I'm overthinking it. It certainly wouldn't be the first time in my life that's happened. I'm sure you're all completely shocked to hear this.
Anyway. This was a very longwinded answer to a pretty simple question. Sometimes it helps me to write these things out.
Tom
I can build any of my amps on request. I currently have materials on hand for two Modulus-686 in the Safe-n-Sane configuration. I have materials for a couple of Modulus-286 as well.
Thank you for your support. I really appreciate it.
That is quite literally the $64k question.
@tomchr I know this will be looked at as heresy here, but have you considered submitting the TCA HPA-1 for reviews by some of the well known, subjectively-oriented mags/sites/reviewers? While you focus strongly on engineering the best products you can, they also sound great subjectively. I feel objective forums tend to focus on biggest bang for smallest cost, so your focus on quality manufacture and reliability tends to be overlooked. I think subjective folks are (rightly or wrongly) more willing to pay higher prices for gear they think sounds good to them. Just wondering out loud if the exposure would kick-start TCA a bit.I'm more than happy to build a Modulus-286 for you. In fact, I have it available here: https://neurochrome.com/products/stereo-modulus-286
I'm also happy to license the circuit to you so you can build the amps commercially. I do get the occasional OEM approach, but so far they've balked at the parts cost.
Building the Modulus-286 on a larger scale would require some tweaks to the mechanical aspects of the circuit. Basically there's too much manual labour in the current build for it to be possible to build the amps economically on more than a onesie-twosie kind of scale. Also, a commercial version would ideally be in a custom chassis for custom branding/design language. The commercial version would also need to be a bit different from the DIY version. Otherwise people will start comparing the commercial product against the DIY offerings. Anyway. Long story short. It's quite an undertaking but it is something I think about periodically. I do have TCA going for exactly that: www.tomchr.com
That said, I'm not getting a lot of traction with TCA. It's a crowded market and it's hard to break through. Then again, I don't do much beyond posting here and attending trade shows, so I could certainly do more marketing. But Neurochrome (my DIY brand) has really taken off the past few years and I'm picking up more consulting gigs, so I'm beginning to wonder if I honestly have enough time in my life for TCA. Then again, again, I'm not sure TCA would require that much time once I got it going. At least not at the scale I'm after. I would be quite happy with 10-20 orders/month. That's not that hard to sustain. Getting to that point is a challenge, though.
Maybe I'm overthinking it. It certainly wouldn't be the first time in my life that's happened. I'm sure you're all completely shocked to hear this.
Anyway. This was a very longwinded answer to a pretty simple question. Sometimes it helps me to write these things out.
Tom
Just FYI. I don’t have „tingling“ with neither the Mod268 nor the Mod686 amps I have (linear PS and grounded connections, location Europe).
