SMPS or linear power supply in amp?

eem2am · 25th March 2012, 12:25 PM

Hello ,

Does the amplifier head contain an SMPS or a mains-transformer-based power supply?

ID:60TVP-H Guitar Amplifier - Blackstar Amplification

......its 60 Watts and yet the overall enclosure looks fairly big, so i would hazard a guess that this contains a mains transformer based power supply, but do you know?

qusp · 25th March 2012, 02:21 PM

how are we supposed to know these things? it could just as easily be big to give the illusion of being more substantial than it is, this company gives almost no actual technical information about their products; the info is written by the marketing department and the design is as it is, so as to match what is expected of the type of amp it is pretending to be

RJM1 · 25th March 2012, 07:08 PM

According to what I can find these will be available next summer. Maybe we can find out then.

Osvaldo de Banfield · 28th March 2012, 05:58 PM

I strongly suggest to use a good quality SMPS, switching well above audio frequencies, mine operating at 50KHz is the most.

25th March 2012, 12:25 PM	#1
eem2am Banned Join Date: Jun 2011	SMPS or linear power supply in amp? Hello , Does the amplifier head contain an SMPS or a mains-transformer-based power supply? ID:60TVP-H Guitar Amplifier - Blackstar Amplification ......its 60 Watts and yet the overall enclosure looks fairly big, so i would hazard a guess that this contains a mains transformer based power supply, but do you know?

28th March 2012, 05:58 PM	#4
Osvaldo de Banfield diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Barrio Garay,Almirante Brown, Buenos Aires, Argentina	SMPS!!! I strongly suggest to use a good quality SMPS, switching well above audio frequencies, mine operating at 50KHz is the most. __________________ LW1DSE

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25th March 2012, 02:21 PM	#2
qusp is choosing a less facetious title... diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia	how are we supposed to know these things? it could just as easily be big to give the illusion of being more substantial than it is, this company gives almost no actual technical information about their products; the info is written by the marketing department and the design is as it is, so as to match what is expected of the type of amp it is pretending to be

25th March 2012, 07:08 PM	#3
RJM1 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Titusville, Fl.	According to what I can find these will be available next summer. Maybe we can find out then.