You should probably look into installing some proper protection circuitry. I have unobtainium beryllium domes.
You can install:
1) large high quality contact relays driven by a delay circuit to let all the upstream electronics settle down (I have considered this but never done it)
2) Install capacitors correctly sized between the amp out put and the voice coils. The correct size is large enough to pass signal to below the crossover frequency and small enough to not pass enough charge to explode the voice coil
3) Install fuses again small enough so that the voice coil does not protect the fuse. Both fuses and capacitors are probably best installed on both legs of the driver connections .
In my case I installed fuses at one quarter amp slow blow. I had a pack of half amp, at the ready, because I expected the quarters to blow but they never have.
These will also protect against an output transistor failing and putting a power supply rail voltage on your spensive driver voice coil. None of this would likely be audible.
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right... isn't that always the easiest solution for... everything:
"don't buy or do anything that may cause any harm or problems"...
In that particular situation I feel like it is a reasonable approach, and easy enough a path to follow with current offering.^^
right... isn't that always the easiest solution for... everything:
"don't buy or do anything that may cause any harm or problems"...
Others using balanced connection, please chime in. Is there a significant pop?
My Okto Dac8 arrived this evening (order #63) looking forward to setting it up tomorrow.
Seems not. Mine shipped out on the 18th and is supposed to be here on the 24th.It appears the orders are not being shipped out in chronological order for some reason.