hypex ncore

[arend-jan]

Really? I got mine last saturday.

nah just kidding.. still watching the mailbox here as well.

[noah katz]

It would be great f you could translate the review post(s), or even just say which ones they are; thanks!

Originally Posted by avr300

There's a little review here

HYPEX Ny toppmodell forsterkermodul

In Norwegian. I don't know if it has been posted before, forgive me if it has.

I could translate, so can Google.

[avr300]

Post #330

[TheShaman]

Very interesting avr. ASR Emitter I is a highly regarded amp.

[matjans]

Google translation is good enough. A bit "googly", but still, you get the idea.

[reo]

So post 410 entertains the fact that if i'm only using full range drivers at 16/ohms rated 15W minimum, 25W maximum , the Ncore would likely blow them out of the sky if the cat inadvertently cranked the volume up to max .
So seem the Ncore can be tamed to receive a smaller power supply in the same family as the one recommended for the Ncore site, and or install the proper resistor to bring down the absolute gain of the Ncore ?
My drivers are some Feastrex drivers and i would hate to mistreat them in any form or fashion by driving them to kingdom com . i'm sure they can take up to 50w Rms and just break a little sweat but then again i don't mean to drive them hard., i just want more overall presence at low volume, which my TA-2050 mono amps only drives about 25W Rms into my 16 Ohm drivers , so 50W Rms from the Ncores would be sufficient if well calibrated .
Some comments and enlightenment would be dearly appreciated at this time
regards
reo.

[mr_push_pull]

Originally Posted by matjans

Google translation is good enough. A bit "googly", but still, you get the idea.

mr cynic here
it basically says "it's a great amp". comparing against something, anything at all should help put things into perspective a bit. but that's just me...

this lack of convincing reports might even make me come up with some crazy ideas. I might even begin building some John Curl design. combined with this winter-induced sort of cabin fever God knows what might happen

[ChrisPa]

Reo

Your best quality "1st watt" comes with the higher supply voltage, and therefore the higher maximum power. Therefore to get the best 1st watt and to limit the total power out of the amp you need to go with a high psu voltage and to control maximum power that can be produced by the maximum voltage swing of your source. Either attenuate your source or change the gain of the power amp.

[reo]

By source.. you mean what plugs in to the amp ? if so it would be my Dac's voltage swing ? in any there is some , my I/V legato3 stage is trimed to 0V .

On another note, is the SMPS600 the appropriate candidate...?

I will also look in to see what is required to attenuate the gain of the amp.
regards
reo

[noah katz]

Originally Posted by ChrisPa

Therefore to get the best 1st watt and to limit the total power out of the amp you need to go with a high psu voltage and to control maximum power that can be produced by the maximum voltage swing of your source. Either attenuate your source or change the gain of the power amp.

Or connect resistors in series and/or parallel with the tweeter.