Class D amp for £40
 

Hi All,

I dont know if this has been discussed before ?

You may have seen this amp being reviewed in the HiFi mags and getting rave
reviews,(HiFi World-June 2005) and I just got
mine today from an ebay seller in the USA and it is very good considering
its price is $20-30 or about £40 inc shipping to UK.

Currently mine is running on a on a pair of 3way bookshelf speakers (ITT
8072 speakers) fed from a Harmon Kardon DAB/FM tuner and its quite good
considering its low power. This is not my main system, but my 2nd system in
the "computer room/home office" where the amp is either a Marantz PM7200 or
an Armstrong 600. If this is what a cheap class D amp can sound like I dont
think it will be to long before we see a lot more of this technology used in
mainstream amps.

Here is the review

http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/t-amp_e.html


Here is the chip set data sheet

http://www.tripath.com/downloads/TA2024.pdf

Here it is in a posh box

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ampbox/page2.html

and another posh box

http://www.redwineaudio.com/Clari_T_Amp.html

Regards

Alan

Class D amp for £40
 

"alan ralph" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I dont know if this has been discussed before ?

That "review" loses all believability instantly with the "compares with a
$15000 amplifier"

and unless you have pretty efficient speakers, 5W really isn't enought for
(in case of clipping=toasted tweeter) alot of hype on head fi forum too.

Class D amp for £40
 

In message , alan ralph
writes
Hi All,

I dont know if this has been discussed before ?

You may have seen this amp being reviewed in the HiFi mags and getting rave
reviews,(HiFi World-June 2005) and I just got
mine today from an ebay seller in the USA and it is very good considering
its price is $20-30 or about £40 inc shipping to UK.

Currently mine is running on a on a pair of 3way bookshelf speakers (ITT
8072 speakers) fed from a Harmon Kardon DAB/FM tuner and its quite good
considering its low power. This is not my main system, but my 2nd system in
the "computer room/home office" where the amp is either a Marantz PM7200 or
an Armstrong 600. If this is what a cheap class D amp can sound like I dont
think it will be to long before we see a lot more of this technology used in
mainstream amps.

Here is the review

http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/t-amp_e.html


Here is the chip set data sheet

http://www.tripath.com/downloads/TA2024.pdf

Here it is in a posh box

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ampbox/page2.html

and another posh box

http://www.redwineaudio.com/Clari_T_Amp.html

Regards

Alan




I've listened and done measurements (for work, not for home) on a
tripath based amp and the results are not that impressive. I strongly
suggest that if you want a quality class-D amp, get yourself a UCD180 or
UCD400 from www.hypex.com.


--
Chris Morriss

Class D amp for £40
 

I've listened and done measurements (for work, not for home) on a tripath
based amp and the results are not that impressive. I strongly suggest
that if you want a quality class-D amp, get yourself a UCD180 or UCD400
from www.hypex.com.


--
Chris Morriss

Go on Headfi forum and say that. :-)
Oh yeah I've been IP blocked from Head Fi....basically members being
offensive and sexist towards a woman, I stated my mind with members acting
with double standards (how would they like to be called ugly)...then IP
blocked.

****e forum anyway, all ipoo fanatics and two Sennheiser fanatics/trolls.

Class D amp for £40
 

Agreed the T-amp is not a miracle, but it does provide an impressive
soundstage.

IMHO, it offers the most fun you can have with a (new) amplifier for
around £25--what mine cost me. Its tiny size also widens the range of
ways it can be played with. There are also new kits which use more
powerful Tripath chips.

David

Class D amp for £40
 

"David Holgate" wrote in message
...
Agreed the T-amp is not a miracle, but it does provide an impressive
soundstage.

IMHO, it offers the most fun you can have with a (new) amplifier for
around £25--what mine cost me. Its tiny size also widens the range of
ways it can be played with. There are also new kits which use more
powerful Tripath chips.

David

Where did you purchase yours?
for that price,i might buy one and
see for myself how good it is.

Class D amp for £40
 

"alan ralph" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I dont know if this has been discussed before ?

You may have seen this amp being reviewed in the HiFi mags and getting
rave
reviews,(HiFi World-June 2005) and I just got
mine today from an ebay seller in the USA and it is very good considering
its price is $20-30 or about £40 inc shipping to UK.

Currently mine is running on a on a pair of 3way bookshelf speakers (ITT
8072 speakers) fed from a Harmon Kardon DAB/FM tuner and its quite good
considering its low power. This is not my main system, but my 2nd system
in
the "computer room/home office" where the amp is either a Marantz PM7200
or
an Armstrong 600. If this is what a cheap class D amp can sound like I
dont
think it will be to long before we see a lot more of this technology used
in
mainstream amps.

Here is the review

http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/t-amp_e.html


Here is the chip set data sheet

http://www.tripath.com/downloads/TA2024.pdf

Here it is in a posh box

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ampbox/page2.html

and another posh box

http://www.redwineaudio.com/Clari_T_Amp.html

Regards

Alan




I thought class D amps where generally considered for use with subs, is
class T not the better quality equivalent for full range amplification?
Having
said that my 372W rms (QC tested), fully digital class D amp cost me £150
(rrp £250)
so sounds cheap enough. Happy with mine Sub sounds great. :o)

Class D amp for £40
 

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"David Holgate" wrote in message
...
Agreed the T-amp is not a miracle, but it does provide an impressive
soundstage.

IMHO, it offers the most fun you can have with a (new) amplifier for
around £25--what mine cost me. Its tiny size also widens the range of
ways it can be played with. There are also new kits which use more
powerful Tripath chips.

David

Where did you purchase yours?
for that price,i might buy one and
see for myself how good it is.

Direct from Thinkgeek.com in the US. A friend and I bought two
and shared the VAT.

The amp delivers better results with a separate power supply than with
batteries. The review on TNT-Audio.com has details of this and a link
to Thinkgeek.

David