Where does the name "Gainclone" come from? - Page 5

peranders · 18th August 2003, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by peranders
Is Gainclone allways = LM3875?

Do you also use LM3886, you Gainclone poeple?

lohk · 19th August 2003, 12:39 AM

I - as I mentioned before - call mine "chipamps" or even "chimps", why not, any name seems to be better than - aargh - "gainclone"...
(some are called "opa-amps", which is easy to understand, but "opa" also means "granddad" in German, so it can be missunderstood too...)

But , seriously, we should do a research / survey for a new and better name for that type of amp (power-opamp with very short signal and feedback paths and smallest possible psu caps), because there are chips in almost all the midfi setups and ghettoblasters etc.
ShortFeedbackPowerOPAmp = SFBPOPA
InvertedPowerOperationalAmplifier = IPOP
just a start...

Klaus

bye, bye "gainclone"

ugly monster:
The return of the giant gainclone...
The night of the living dead gainclone...

jh6you · 19th August 2003, 05:17 AM

As a non-native English speaker, I find the definition of “clone” from Oxford dictionary as the thing that seems to be an exact copy of another. Probably, it is where “Gainclone” came from...???

Joe Rasmussen · 19th August 2003, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by peranders

Do you also use LM3886, you Gainclone poeple?

It has become accepted term for DIY projects that uses one (or in the case now of 'Bridgeclone' with multiple devices), of the National Semiconductor's Overture range of power chips. That includes LM1875, LM3875/8 AND LM-3886 etc.

Joe R.

Joe Rasmussen · 19th August 2003, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lohk
I - as I mentioned before - call mine "chipamps" or even "chimps", why not, any name seems to be better than - aargh - "gainclone"...
(some are called "opa-amps", which is easy to understand, but "opa" also means "granddad" in German, so it can be missunderstood too...)

But , seriously, we should do a research / survey for a new and better name for that type of amp (power-opamp with very short signal and feedback paths and smallest possible psu caps), because there are chips in almost all the midfi setups and ghettoblasters etc.
ShortFeedbackPowerOPAmp = SFBPOPA
InvertedPowerOperationalAmplifier = IPOP
just a start...

Klaus

bye, bye "gainclone"

ugly monster:
The return of the giant gainclone...
The night of the living dead gainclone...

Chimps?

Sound like a species of monkeys.

I reckon it's probably too late, once the cat is out of the bag...

Joe R.

peranders · 28th December 2003, 08:57 PM

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...172#post222172

The question came up again in an another forum about these false(?) pictures of a Gaincard. I wonder if anyone out there can open up a real Gaincard and take a photo so we can see the original box also and what's inside?

audioPT · 29th December 2003, 10:31 AM

Read this reviews... interesting!

First

Second

Regards

Pedro Martins

peranders · 5th January 2004, 09:24 AM

Noone who has got "real" pictures where I can see the original Gaincard enclosure?

About reviews, don't trust them very much unless I have 100% confidence for the reviewer.

peranders · 5th January 2004, 07:08 PM

Noone has seen a Gaincard live.... inside?

peranders · 9th January 2004, 03:46 PM

Noone, yet?

28th December 2003, 08:57 PM	#46
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...172#post222172 The question came up again in an another forum about these false(?) pictures of a Gaincard. I wonder if anyone out there can open up a real Gaincard and take a photo so we can see the original box also and what's inside? __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

5th January 2004, 09:24 AM	#48
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	Noone who has got "real" pictures where I can see the original Gaincard enclosure? About reviews, don't trust them very much unless I have 100% confidence for the reviewer. __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

5th January 2004, 07:08 PM	#49
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	Noone has seen a Gaincard live.... inside? __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

9th January 2004, 03:46 PM	#50
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	Noone, yet? __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

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19th August 2003, 12:39 AM	#42
lohk diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Austria, near Linz	I - as I mentioned before - call mine "chipamps" or even "chimps", why not, any name seems to be better than - aargh - "gainclone"... (some are called "opa-amps", which is easy to understand, but "opa" also means "granddad" in German, so it can be missunderstood too...) But , seriously, we should do a research / survey for a new and better name for that type of amp (power-opamp with very short signal and feedback paths and smallest possible psu caps), because there are chips in almost all the midfi setups and ghettoblasters etc. ShortFeedbackPowerOPAmp = SFBPOPA InvertedPowerOperationalAmplifier = IPOP just a start... Klaus bye, bye "gainclone" ugly monster: The return of the giant gainclone... The night of the living dead gainclone...

19th August 2003, 05:17 AM	#43
jh6you Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Near to the Pacific Ocean	As a non-native English speaker, I find the definition of “clone” from Oxford dictionary as the thing that seems to be an exact copy of another. Probably, it is where “Gainclone” came from...???

29th December 2003, 10:31 AM	#47
audioPT diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Right here	Read this reviews... interesting! First Second Regards Pedro Martins

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