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17th January 2010, 04:08 AM

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$50,000 power amp !! Anyone know what's inside it ??

Looks like everything that this company sells has a 50K price tag. But just focusing on the power amps, does anyone know anything about it ?? Why would you pay that much for an amp ??

Constellation Audio

Some info from a report of the 2010 CES ces104

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Constellation Audio, a new company born out of collaborations with the who's who of the audio world spearheaded by the Peter Madnick. These are their power amplifiers. Constellation Audio has the same ownership as Continuum, meaning that this is going to be one serious venture. In spending time with Peter as he went over each product and its design, it is clearly evident that these were truly designed with no corners being cut. The design teams were given free-reign in what they wanted to do and how they wanted to do it... cost was not not object. And all the products are made in SoCal.

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$50,000 power amp !! Anyone know what's inside it ??

A recording of a famous P.T. Barnum line?

Cheers!

17th January 2010, 05:11 AM	#3
poynton Magneto the Gravity Man diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A life on the ocean waves when I'm not at home in N. Wales (but I'm not Welsh so no sheep jokes!)	Looks like a pair of old aircon units.... Probabbly worth $100 scrap... . __________________ If it ain't broke, break it !! Then fix it again. It's called DIY !

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Luke diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Wellington NZ	dont know whats inside then, air conditoning unit maybe, at least it was the designers inspiratrion __________________ If you give a man a fish he will eat for a day. But if you teach a man to fish he will buy an ugly hat. And if you talk about fish to a starving man then you are a consultant. Dilbert

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Luke diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Wellington NZ	poynton, you read my mind They are butt ugly. __________________ If you give a man a fish he will eat for a day. But if you teach a man to fish he will buy an ugly hat. And if you talk about fish to a starving man then you are a consultant. Dilbert

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They are butt ugly.

That's unfair to butts.

17th January 2010, 05:39 AM	#7
gaetan8888 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Hello Looking at the data sheet founded on their web site, it's a mosfet output, class A at low level and class AB at higher lever. Maby they will be at the 2010 Montreal Audio Show, if so I will try to listen to this amp. But the price are way to high and for me they look like those electric heater sold at Canadian Tire. Bye Gaetan Last edited by gaetan8888; 17th January 2010 at 05:46 AM.

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..........it is clearly evident that these were truly designed with no corners being cut. The design teams were given free-reign in what they wanted to do and how they wanted to do it..............

Obviously, when it came to looks, they ran out of money.

Andy

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Design Inspiration ??

Aircon 23 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 7/8 Panel Air Filter on eBay (end time 17-Jan-10 20:53:51 GMT)

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Bonsai diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taipei, Taiwan	ha ha - that's excellent Andy!! __________________ bonsai http://www.hifisonix.com/

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