Anyone got any info on the Tippatone 500 watt amps?

Test Electrix · 16th January 2010, 07:57 PM

Like schematics, valves used etc people often baulk at big wattage amps but all the Jamaican sound systems were bouncing with that kind of power!

rotaspec · 17th January 2010, 05:25 AM

Never heard of the amp but found this:
YouTube - our valve amp

Richard Ellis · 17th January 2010, 05:53 AM

I doubt it very seriously if this amp as depicted in the video is putting out 500 Watts of output power.
Do you have a clue how hard it would be or how heavy....or how much power would be consumed to generate this level of output power with a tube amplifier?
More than likely the reference to 500 Watts is the power CONSUMED........& not the power output.
Just the output transformers would be the size of a basketball................let alone the B+ main, the chokes, the filament TXs' et. al.

__________________________________________________ ______Rick......

poynton · 17th January 2010, 06:27 AM

Never mind the amp.

Is that Garrard 4HF ?

.

Test Electrix · 17th January 2010, 06:11 PM

The Champ is purported to be 1000 watts

Champ 1000 Watt Tube Amp

d3aPentode · 18th January 2010, 04:47 AM

this is cool too

1000w EL6471

Bob_345 · 18th January 2010, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Ellis

I doubt it very seriously if this amp as depicted in the video is putting out 500 Watts of output power.
Do you have a clue how hard it would be or how heavy....or how much power would be consumed to generate this level of output power with a tube amplifier?
More than likely the reference to 500 Watts is the power CONSUMED........& not the power output.
Just the output transformers would be the size of a basketball................let alone the B+ main, the chokes, the filament TXs' et. al.

__________________________________________________ ______Rick......

crate made a 600 watt all tube guitar amp. 25 tubes and a 12x16 cab. crazy stuff right there YouTube - The loudest tube guitar amp in the universe...

Test Electrix · 18th January 2010, 04:58 PM

That EL6471 looks so cool, class B though... I was hoping for 'at worst' AB1 (triode).
And those guitar amps are crazy! I was hoping to put together a 100/200 watt bass guitar amp using triodes, probably use 304TL or similar

16th January 2010, 07:57 PM	#1
Test Electrix diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009	Anyone got any info on the Tippatone 500 watt amps? Like schematics, valves used etc people often baulk at big wattage amps but all the Jamaican sound systems were bouncing with that kind of power!

17th January 2010, 06:27 AM	#4
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!)	Never mind the amp. Is that Garrard 4HF ? . __________________ If it ain't broke, break it !! Then fix it again. It's called DIY !

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17th January 2010, 05:25 AM	#2
rotaspec diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007	Never heard of the amp but found this: YouTube - our valve amp

17th January 2010, 05:53 AM	#3
Richard Ellis diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mar del Plata, a BIG seasonal getaway city, can see the Ocean from our residence.	I doubt it very seriously if this amp as depicted in the video is putting out 500 Watts of output power. Do you have a clue how hard it would be or how heavy....or how much power would be consumed to generate this level of output power with a tube amplifier? More than likely the reference to 500 Watts is the power CONSUMED........& not the power output. Just the output transformers would be the size of a basketball................let alone the B+ main, the chokes, the filament TXs' et. al. __________________________________________________ ______Rick......

17th January 2010, 06:11 PM	#5
Test Electrix diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009	The Champ is purported to be 1000 watts Champ 1000 Watt Tube Amp

18th January 2010, 04:47 AM	#6
d3aPentode diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2009	this is cool too 1000w EL6471

18th January 2010, 04:58 PM	#8
Test Electrix diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009	That EL6471 looks so cool, class B though... I was hoping for 'at worst' AB1 (triode). And those guitar amps are crazy! I was hoping to put together a 100/200 watt bass guitar amp using triodes, probably use 304TL or similar

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