xand1x Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 Not too sure if anyone's seen this design before but it seems pretty amazing http://headwize.com/ubb/showpage.php?fnum=3&tid=7227 What do you think guys?
jinp6301 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 yea, I was gonna post about it a second ago. It looks pretty sweet
kevin gilmore Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 Yes it is sweet. However it absolutely violates Nelson Pass's SuSY patent. (in fact so does my Uberamp) So if he wants to sell boards, he had better talk to the man and get permission first. TI ended up paying nelson big bucks to buy his intellectual property on this issue. I still think i can show prior art and that nelson's patent is null and void, but that is a legal battle i would never want to fight.
n_maher Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 Yes it is sweet. However it absolutely violates Nelson Pass's SuSY patent. (in fact so does my Uberamp)Can you elaborate, Kevin? Have you told Ti about this? So if he wants to sell boards, he had better talk to the man and get permission first. TI ended up paying nelson big bucks to buy his intellectual property on this issue. I think it's worth clarifying in this case that TI means Texas Instruments, right? I know I got confused since amb's name is Ti.
guzziguy Posted January 21, 2008 Report Posted January 21, 2008 amb posted this in the DIY forum on HF this morning talking about it.
kevin gilmore Posted January 22, 2008 Report Posted January 22, 2008 No i have not said anything to Ti about this. He either should know about it, or will soon. Ti ==== Ti Khan. TI ==== texas instruments There was a very long thread on the nelson pass forum at diyaudio.com which i'm sure is still there about how TI desperately tried to stear clear of nelson's patents on a particular chip, but were unable to do so and ultimately licenced nelson's patents. I think that nelson is a reasonable person, and for diy like things (as in virtually no commercial potential) he is likely to give his permission. I have seen him do so in the past. But if you don't ask first, well....
fierce_freak Posted January 22, 2008 Report Posted January 22, 2008 Very nice...anyone want to buy the parts for my b22 speaker amp build? almost all done, minus some chassis work
n_maher Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 Very nice...anyone want to buy the parts for my b22 speaker amp build? almost all done, minus some chassis work You all of a sudden think the 22 is a turd? I'd rather have the 22 quite frankly. Sure the 24 has more power but requires an active preamp (needs a low impedance on the input) up stream which in my book is kind of a downer. I'm guessing that if you're building a b22 speaker amp it'll be more than powerful enough unless you're driving something crazy with it.
thrice Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 I want both, hey you could use the 22 as a preamp to the 24
n_maher Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 I want both, hey you could use the 22 as a preamp to the 24 That thought had occurred to me and then I realized that it might officially be the most excessive setup ever. ...yeah, my preamp only puts out 50WPC so I coupled it to a 100WPC power amp...
thrice Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 That thought had occurred to me and then I realized that it might officially be the most excessive setup ever. ...yeah, my preamp only puts out 50WPC so I coupled it to a 100WPC power amp... ARRR, ARRR, ARRRRRRRRRR! MOAR POW3RZ!
swt61 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 LOL! To my mind the 22 is the way to go for a headphone amp. The 24 may be a better selection for not so efficient speakers, but there are lots of fish in that pond if you ask me. Not saying it wouldn't be a great speaker amp, but it'll have a heck of a lot more competition than the 22 IMO.
n_maher Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 LOL! To my mind the 22 is the way to go for a headphone amp. The 24 may be a better selection for not so efficient speakers, but there are lots of fish in that pond if you ask me. I think what some folks are forgetting so far is that the construction cost of the 24 is going to be pretty significant (at least from what I see). Most importantly you're now talking about having to get custom heat sinks for both the amp and probably the power supplies. I'm not saying that I won't build one at some point but it'll be a good long while before I even think about it.
fierce_freak Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 It's not that I think the B22 is suddenly a turd and not even really that I necessarily need more power...the thing I like about the B24 design is that it is fully differential, which I imagine has benefits over using two single channel amps to amp the + and - signals.
n_maher Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 seems pretty underkill for low efficiency speakers. I think we need to wait and see exactly how that power rating was come by and what the true potential of the amp is. When the beta22 first launched I don't think it was widely known that with a little tweaking you can get 50WPC of pure class A power out of it. My guess is that the 100WPC one might get out of the 24 isn't all that's available.
kevin gilmore Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 Design of the B24 and my uberamp of about 6 years ago, virtually identical. Especially the cross coupled feedback with all the benefits from that. Uberamp scales very nice up to about 800 watts per channel into 8 ohms. With appropriate parts and +/-125 volt rails the B24 will do the same thing. Plan on many square feet of heatsink. And a power transformer that requires 2 people to lift it. As shown it is good for at least 100 real watts rms per channel into 8 ohms.
dc Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 did that uber amp ever come into fruition? i can somehow imagine kevin gilmore using a tranny that big
luvdunhill Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 reminds me of some of the trannys that Papa Pass brought to Burning Amp:
kevin gilmore Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 did that uber amp ever come into fruition? Yes the prototype is in the basement. But really it was so much easier to buy a pair of bigass krell monoblocks. The older i get, the less i build stuff especially if i can buy it instead. Which means justin owe's me at least 4 more amplifiers. (all electrostats)
Augsburger Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 Somehow I get the funny feeling that in a few years once the public discovers him, I will not be able to afford any of Justin's amps at all. I was wondering if he will consider offering futures on his amps. For example we could purchase a futures contract today for delivery of a yet to be thought of design for six years from now. Justin.....are you there? Whadddajaaaa say???
Dusty Chalk Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 Plan on many square feet of heatsink. That's hot.
postjack Posted January 24, 2008 Report Posted January 24, 2008 Somehow I get the funny feeling that in a few years once the public discovers him, I will not be able to afford any of Justin's amps at all. I was wondering if he will consider offering futures on his amps. For example we could purchase a futures contract today for delivery of a yet to be thought of design for six years from now. Justin.....are you there? Whadddajaaaa say??? count me in.
Pars Posted January 27, 2008 Report Posted January 27, 2008 Looks like amb got Nelson Pass' permission to go ahead with this, which is good. I would have been surprised if Nelson had said no, as he does probably the most of any of the big commercial designers in terms of promoting DIY...
n_maher Posted January 27, 2008 Report Posted January 27, 2008 Looks like amb got Nelson Pass' permission to go ahead with this, which is good. I would have been surprised if Nelson had said no, as he does probably the most of any of the big commercial designers in terms of promoting DIY... Agreed, that is really good news. I do wonder what will happen if someone like Rockhopper or MisterX decides to build and sell the finished product. That might not go over so well.
luvdunhill Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 Agreed, that is really good news. I do wonder what will happen if someone like Rockhopper or MisterX decides to build and sell the finished product. That might not go over so well. I've always wondered why these people can "sell" amb's stuff personally, as he has a very similar disclaimer on his website about for personal use only, no commercial-use, etc..
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