penger Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Pictures of the A-10 have been released. Looks interesting to say the least... http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f38/10-thunderbolt-ll-fully-balanced-electrostatic-amp-pre-amp-417185/
Beefy Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Why the big stupid rings around the knobs and jacks? And the gold screws look silly next to the knobs and nameplate...... silver would have looked much better.
jinp6301 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 I like the case minus the gold accents and thats a weird headphone stand edit: beefy beat me to it
manaox2 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 Justin releases a new amp, Ray quickly follows suite. Pico vs. Predator again this time with Blue Hawaii Second Edition vs. the A-10 Thunderbolt II Esquire. The commenter that said that was the best looking amp he's ever seen must not have seen the BHSE.
mypasswordis Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 All pre-conceived notions aside, I think it looks fairly well-built on the outside. I'll be interested in the internal pics. I don't get why he put the output of the power supply and the input to the amp on opposite sides, though.
aardvark baguette Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 now we just need a portable stax amp that gets 50 hours playback time.
GPH Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 I've always found RSA amps ugly, too much bling and gold for my tastes, but I'm sure it will please a lot of people. Good timing with the release of the BHSE to say the least.
morphsci Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 now we just need a portable stax amp that gets 50 hours playback time.
penger Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Posted March 30, 2009 and so it begins... Someone had to do it. That aside. I like the design of the Apache.
aardvark baguette Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 pic and now we need one thats 2 mm smaller with a different name. edit: and claims that it competes respectably with the A 10.
Deadneddz Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 gotta love the hi-rez pics of the orpheus tho...
mypasswordis Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 and now we need one thats 2 mm smaller with a different name. edit: and claims that it competes respectably with the A 10. Let's brainstorm names of small aircraft to submit to Ray.
guzziguy Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Its looks shouldn't surprise anybody, who knows the RSA product line, too much. It takes most of its styling cues from the B-52. I much prefer the looks of the BHSE but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A lot of people will prefer this. Ray's amps tend to be well-built. That's not be an RSA issue. I'm more interested in how it sounds and whether it will have reliability issues due to Ray's lack of experience designing stat amps. Edited March 30, 2009 by guzziguy
justin Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 now we just need a portable stax amp that gets 50 hours playback time. have you read krmathis's demands on this? It must also be the same size as the Pico, which can't even fit a Stax jack on the front panel, creating difficulties.
morphsci Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 have you read krmathis's demands on this? It must also be the same size as the Pico, which can't even fit a Stax jack on the front panel, creating difficulties. There you go brandishing dangerous logic again.
justin Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 sorry for the off-topic, but to give an idea of the size required to make a decent stax portable, figure about 5W which allows +/-300V and 1mA for each output stage (compared to BH which is +/-400V and 20mA output bias). That would be a life of 27 minutes if you used a 9V nimh battery
Guest sacd lover Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 I wonder how grossly overpriced this amp will be?
mypasswordis Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 sorry for the off-topic, but to give an idea of the size required to make a decent stax portable, figure about 5W which allows +/-300V and 1mA for each output stage (compared to BH which is +/-400V and 20mA output bias). That would be a life of 27 minutes if you used a 9V nimh battery People could wear a bandoleer filled with 6-10 rechargeable 9Vs. Or be really hardcore and buy a crapload of lithiums. Or be really really hardcore and carry around a lead-acid battery. Except that's not very portable.
Mark527 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 I like the way the sides look with those parallel bars. That's something I don't think I've seen on an amp before. Am I the only one that doesn't like when volume knobs are on the left hand side and headphone jacks are on the right? That always bothers me a little. It's not a deal breaker (I'd happily take the Wheatfield HA-2), but I much prefer it the other way.
Dusty Chalk Posted March 30, 2009 Report Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Actually, I like the way it looks. Not as much as the BHSE -- it's a completely different look -- it kind of looks like a black-and-tan version of some of the Musical Fidelity gear. So he did it. And without killing himself.People could wear a bandoleer filled with 6-10 rechargeable 9Vs. Or be really hardcore and buy a crapload of lithiums. Or be really really hardcore and carry around a lead-acid battery. Except that's not very portable.I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Edited March 30, 2009 by Dusty Chalk
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