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

[Trevor White]

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

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.

 

[Geek]

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

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

Cheers!

 

[poynton]

Looks like a pair of old aircon units....

Probabbly worth $100 scrap...





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[Luke]

dont know whats inside then, air conditoning unit maybe, at least it was the designers inspiratrion🙂

 

[Luke]

poynton, you read my mind🙂 They are butt ugly.

 

[Gordy]

They are butt ugly.

That's unfair to butts.

 

[gaetan8888]

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

 

[poynton]

..........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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[poynton]

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)

 

[Bonsai]

ha ha - that's excellent Andy!!

 

[AKSA]

If it's really owned by Continuum, then the real owner is David Payes, a property developer and serious audiophile living in Melbourne, Australia.

 

[wahab]

If it's really owned by Continuum, then the real owner is David Payes, a property developer and serious audiophile living in Melbourne, Australia.

hi, hugh,

wih such a price tag, don t know if it s a serious audiophile,
but sure the guy is more than a very serious moneyphile...

regards,

wahab

 

[Trevor White]

If it's really owned by Continuum, then the real owner is David Payes, a property developer and serious audiophile living in Melbourne, Australia.

Maybe only other property developers can afford to buy it 😉

regards
Trev

 

[poynton]

That's why it looks like an air con unit !!



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[Simon1972]

Who writes their product copy?

Sheesh.

"A totally new concept in volume control—the feel of yesterday, with the preciseness of today’s technology."

Yeh I thunk you'll find the word you wanted was precision.

 

[woody]

It looks like the air filter panels in post #9 would be excelent to precondition the air
going to the heatsinks to ensure microphonics caused by random dust particles don't
color the sound!

 

[jaycee]

More of this kind of thing, I'll warrant!

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[jacco vermeulen]

At least looks, weight, and msrp should make them tight fitting partners for the Continuum turntable series.
Stats and general description are free-range marketing luna-tic.

 

[djk]

Is that a silver garden hose (or speaker wire)?

 

[tvrgeek]

Many of these higher end units contain materiel's that are expensive beyond belief. Not talking un-obtanium, as that is used only on old British sports cars. Could it be they were built to US Government spec? Like a hammer, the law said it had to be made with certified domestic materials, so someone had to watch the tree grow before it could be made into a hickory stick. Costs get passed on. 🙂