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What ampliefer technology seduces girls best?

  • small sneaky chipamp

    Votes: 39 17.3%

  • large, huge discrete design

    Votes: 33 14.7%

  • mysterious glowing tubes

    Votes: 153 68.0%
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#29
I've been married thirteen years now, the missus STILL can't redirect my pre-amp sources. So...keep it extremely simple ON/OFF, Volume..that's about it....any more controls & they get flustered.."Can you turn it on for me?"
Be it glowing tubes or Gigantic Heat-sinks...one has to make it simple....a primer on operation...you can give to her, but complexity "I don't want to learn" is something beyond them.

__________________________________________________________Rick...
 
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MJL21193 said:
Star baby, you are becoming a broken record on the hybrid thang - every post...it's getting oldish. Read my thoughts on the subject HERE.
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Just because it's a hybrid doesn't make it amazing. It needs to be designed well. Hybrid just happens to be a good way to design a large amplifier. But you can also use a pure digital design. In theory, it is better than hybrid if you're starting with a digital source.

It is not fair to compare hybrid cars/bicycles to hybrid digital amplifiers. Both are known as hybrids as they combine two technologies to make the best of them, but that's about it. How they combine the technologies is not even similar. A hybrid car or bicycle is more or less a regular car or bicycle with an electrical drive system added to it. A hybrid digital amplifier, however, is not merely a digital amplifier with some analog circuits or an analog amplifier with some digital circuits. It uses an output stage very similar to that of a digital, but the circuit driving it is very unlike the ones in either digital or analog. It is really a completely different technology.

Solar power is something else that will help. It's just another way to show that you're going green.
I've been married thirteen years now, the missus STILL can't redirect my pre-amp sources. So...keep it extremely simple ON/OFF, Volume..that's about it....any more controls & they get flustered.."Can you turn it on for me?"
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I would suggest adding a RS-485 control bus so source devices can select the correct channel automatically. Or build a complete media machine with touchscreen where all you have to do is turn it on and make a few simple selections.
 
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star882 said:
YouTube - Want Obama Girl? Save your energy!
So the key is to build something that's efficient.
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yes, that girl has certain qualities. 😀
I don't use light bulbs at all. Maybe she wants to visit me?
It's actually easier to get a higher rated power efficiency at higher power levels. Idle power usage is much harder to keep down
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yes, and it's the idle power that steals the money. Hmm, who can explain this to a girlie, when even grown up males don't understand. 🙄
you better take the BIG bottles then!
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sadly this is not an option, since I don't live with my parents anymore and have to pay the electricity myself. :rofl:

What about a hybrid? Several nice glowing low power tubes combined with transistors and a huge heatsink?
Regards
 
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Hi Star882,
I would suggest adding a RS-485 control bus so source devices can select the correct channel automatically.
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Not a chance!
Connectors and cable are too big! That and using them in audio will drive those already high prices further up. There are already perfectly good serial buses in use of every description. Try SPI or I2C.

My wife of 20 some odd years loves stereo. We have one in every room (no kidding!). Her favorites are the tube units playing Jazz. Can't say I disagree either, but we have several of each type to pick from. Well .... except for chip amps and class D things.

One thing in common. BIG efficient speakers. They make everything sound better and are easier to drive.

I'm not so sure about digital amps though. I haven't heard one yet that sounds as good as previous technologies.

-Chris 😉
 
#38
Hi star882,
Just how far apart are your components?

Okay, then use RS-232. If you can live with lower data rates, use a current loop. The fact that SPI and I2C is normally used inside a chassis doesn't preclude it's use outside. As for RS-485, that's what I'm running my test gear on. I'm more than just a little familiar with it. I would not run it very far though.

Best, Chris
 
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