I'd like to build small amps for the top 3 drivers into the rear of a 5-way system I'm building. The subs will be monopole but upper bass through super tweeters will be dipole. Subs and upper bass will probably be driven by a K2 on each side.
My goal is to be able to produce 111dB at the listening position, which is 1m high, 2.5m away from source. Amplifier goals (perhaps too idealistic) are:
1. fully balanced
2. low distortion (preferably < 0.05% worst case)
3. at least 50W per channel (100-150W would be better for squawker)
4. small footprint
I've been looking at the Gainclone (especially the Gainclone-X and Bridged threads), and thinking this might be a great place to start. I'd place the power supplies in separate enclosures in my rack with power cords and Mogami balanced interconnects together in a tube out to the amplifiers, mounted to the speaker. I saw comments on the Peter Daniel thread re his Gainclone that indicate there is a need to damp these units from vibration.... Maybe they would not perform so well mounted to a baffle?
Attached is a table with some specs related to the chosen drivers.
Any thought would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Brad
My goal is to be able to produce 111dB at the listening position, which is 1m high, 2.5m away from source. Amplifier goals (perhaps too idealistic) are:
1. fully balanced
2. low distortion (preferably < 0.05% worst case)
3. at least 50W per channel (100-150W would be better for squawker)
4. small footprint
I've been looking at the Gainclone (especially the Gainclone-X and Bridged threads), and thinking this might be a great place to start. I'd place the power supplies in separate enclosures in my rack with power cords and Mogami balanced interconnects together in a tube out to the amplifiers, mounted to the speaker. I saw comments on the Peter Daniel thread re his Gainclone that indicate there is a need to damp these units from vibration.... Maybe they would not perform so well mounted to a baffle?
Attached is a table with some specs related to the chosen drivers.
Any thought would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Brad