Any new news on FirstWatt??

[vinay]

First dibs to purchase should go to all those who submitted completed pass projects to be listed on the PassDIY website.

Mine is the oldest A75 on PassDIY.

Only a suggestion.

😎

vinay

 

[Nelson Pass]

I don't expect anybody on this forum to buy these - they will
be expensive. I expect you guys to figure them out and build
your own. 😎

 

[planet10]

With only 100 of these for distribution

Signed & numbered like an art print?

dave

 

[Steve Eddy]

So far all the data is on sealed boxes of various sizes, but
Chris and Matt should finish the horns next week, and we are
also planning on including the Lowther Medallion enclosures
as rear loaded horn examples. I expect rear horn loading to
require some adjustment of the RC parallel loading networks,
but otherwise no problems.

You mean the 10 foot high horns are front-loaded?

se

 

[Bricolo]

with a dedicated picture of Nelson 🙂

 

[Nelson Pass]

You mean the 10 foot high horns are front-loaded?

No, I mean as compared sealed enclosures. These horns are
rear loaded.

 

[rif]

I don't expect anybody on this forum to buy these - they will
be expensive. I expect you guys to figure them out and build
your own. 😎

So I'm curious -- why the new company name/badge? Will these be at a different level than the passlabs amps?

Or are they so radically different in design philosophy, you didn't want it associated with the other Pass Amps? Hmm.. Now I'm really curious!

Maybe they're tube based!?!?! I know -- the moderators/Mr. Pass may kick me off for blasphemy and take away my priviledge to diy his designs

 

[GRollins]

Direct marketing, perhaps?

Grey

 

[Panelhead]

Expensive - now you tell us!

I don't expect anybody on this forum to buy these - they will
be expensive. I expect you guys to figure them out and build
your own. 😎

I do not like expensive anymore, have other things that take all my coins.
Guess the others solid state diy amps will have to suffice for now. But it is a great idea. Most users of high efficiency speakers are dedicated lovers of small tube amps. I have found the sound can be bettered with a low powered solid state amp. The Mini A MikeW lent me is convincing proof of that.

George

 

[Nelson Pass]

Most users of high efficiency speakers are dedicated lovers of small tube amps.

I've been fooling around with high efficiency / full range speakers
for quite a while, and I think there are two good reasons for this.

1) For some reason, little amps tend to sound better at low levels than big amps.

2) These kinds of speakers usually don't sound their best with high damping factors.

 

[vdi_nenna]

I think you may have gone from High End to Esoteric. Man, I'm so curious as to what's under the hood in these babies!.

 

[jh6you]

A...aaa...:

Zen-lite with tailor-made bulbs!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unique !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chris8sirhC]

this computer has a filter on it, and i just thought I'd let you know that it blocks www.firstwatt.com because it has the slang word "****" in it. ...

ok, apparently this site blocks it out too, so... start with the 5th letter and its a 4 letter word

 

[Nelson Pass]

What, you mean "Fart Watt"?

 

[Frazzled]

errr Watt with the letter t in front of it... like TW@TT

 

[Nelson Pass]

I told you these would be memorable products.

I'll ask Desmond to fix it tomorrow. 😎

 

[Nelson Pass]

On second thought, I can have him change the file names for
the links which will take care of file content, but the net address
remains firstw*tt.com. Reminds me of the speaker that Wilson
never introduced. 😎

pass:/ does not approve of sexism, but finds it hard to resist
a good joke.

 

[moe29]

How about those stupid filter hardware and software makers
updating their products to show FirstWatt.com as a safe URL?

...no! that would be asking to much.

 

[AudioFreak]

While our filter does catch the word in question, it does infact leave FirstWatt untouched.

 

[MikeW]

Sold

Are they all sold?