Go BIG or go HOME... Class A amplification done Lifepo4 style

[frd1996]

Good stuff Nige. Fingers crossed for the quick completion of the build.

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[Fran]

looking like great progress!!

[randytsuch]

Santa's elves are busy :)

[nige2000]

testing and we got sound
assembly tomorrow

[tony]

Bah Humbug Ken has beaten us to it!! I suppose that means he has to go on tour to demonstrate what
we are all missing??

[nige2000]

Yea these are on there way home now
Needs a bit of tidying in the new year

On the short listen we had I think there exceptional
And better than expected
We put the Toshiba mosfets in it too

Temperarure wise I think they will level out at about 30-35 degrees c

I was tempted to keep them for a couple of days stability testing but that wasn't going to be an option

[Ken Moreland]

The new amps have arrived home after a few arduous weeks , especially the past few days when we worked like dogs to get finished. A big thanks to Nige for his patience and his not photographing any of my DIY butchery. Numerous holes were drilled where they need not have been , taps were broken, heatshrinking had to be redone etc but it was was all worth it in the end, despite the price of 40 batteries! I'm just enjoying the music but I'll update later and of course listeners welcome.

[tony]

The new amps have arrived home after a few arduous weeks , especially the past few days when we worked like dogs to get finished. A big thanks to Nige for his patience and his not photographing any of my DIY butchery. Numerous holes were drilled where they need not have been , taps were broken, heatshrinking had to be redone etc but it was was all worth it in the end, despite the price of 40 batteries! I'm just enjoying the music but I'll update later and of course listeners welcome.

That's great Ken will be down for a listen but they need to travel also! We need to be sure they work with Quads!

[nige2000]

I think they'll handle the quads fine
They seem to have plenty of gusto
In a few areas I thought the gb amp was better than the class a prototype
This thing seems to be the best of both thus far

[nige2000]

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lol i dont think the sqawks out of my test 10 quid dac and test speaker was filling ken full of confidence
poor speaker couldn't handle the bass in any shape or form