I haven't DIY for 3 years since I totally recap my Aleph3. It is still working great with my Hifiman HE-6 headphone. But recently I got to try some speakers: Sierra-1 and a coming pair of New Philharmonitor. These speaker needs at least 40W @ 8 ohm and I didn't want to push Aleph 3 too hard on those speakers.
I like their sound pushed by Aleph 3 at low volume. The Aleph is directly connected to Audio-GD DAC-19 and I use Foobar2k to adjust volume. With 24-bit depth, I can use about -20dB without losing dynamic range.
I am thinking several routes to get higher quality watt with a budget ~$1k:
* get some Threshold amp and recap/update it
* build some mono Aleph 3 or 5 or Aleph-X (seems to be too ambitious) with too source on pcb and support here.
I really like to get some good quality watt (80~100W/Ch) but the 400W consumption/ch is really scary to me (and my pocket for AC). Is there some amp project that may deliver some nice initial 40W or so in class A and then transit to AB smoothly without losing the magic of Aleph 3?
Thanks a lot for the suggestion and ideas.
I like their sound pushed by Aleph 3 at low volume. The Aleph is directly connected to Audio-GD DAC-19 and I use Foobar2k to adjust volume. With 24-bit depth, I can use about -20dB without losing dynamic range.
I am thinking several routes to get higher quality watt with a budget ~$1k:
* get some Threshold amp and recap/update it
* build some mono Aleph 3 or 5 or Aleph-X (seems to be too ambitious) with too source on pcb and support here.
I really like to get some good quality watt (80~100W/Ch) but the 400W consumption/ch is really scary to me (and my pocket for AC). Is there some amp project that may deliver some nice initial 40W or so in class A and then transit to AB smoothly without losing the magic of Aleph 3?
Thanks a lot for the suggestion and ideas.