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| Posted @ Aug 17, 2008 5:23 GMT by Brian Donegan |
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| Sympatico Betas |
I will soon have between 6 and 8 Sympatico Beta kits (2 channels each) for sale from our initial board run. All testing so far has proved successful, without exception, so we are calling them Beta, but don't foresee any changes to the board for the large production run. The idea behind selling these kits is to get some more feedback before we order a huge batch.
The kits will include:
-> Two Sympatico boards with all SMD parts pre-mounted
-> All non-SMD parts for each board bagged and clearly labeled (except the two 15000uF/50V caps)
-> Mounting hardware for the boards (will not include screws for mounting the chip to the heatsink)
-> A piece of Bergquist K-10 Kapton thermal pad for mounting the LM4780 to your heatsink (you will need to cut it to size)
-> PC-mount Faston tabs for all power, input and output connection, along with insulated crimp connectors
-> A drill guide for drilling the mounting holes for the LM4780 in your heatsink
See the pictures on the Sympatico page...
We are thinking the final kits will cost $249. We will be selling these early kits for $219 to get some early feedback. There will probably also offer another kit (at lower cost) without the pre-mounted SMD parts, but not for this Beta run.
I should have these ready to go in the next few days and will make an announcement of when I will put them up for sale.
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| Posted @ Jul 24, 2008 12:26 GMT by Brian Donegan |
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| Twisted Pear Audio Going On Vacation |
Well, there is a lot going on at Twisted Pear lately...
These past few weeks we have been deluged with orders, and it's taking quite a bit of effort to keep up. We also have a bunch of new products on the verge of release, but are having trouble getting them rolling and keeping up with the orders at the same time. It's also getting to be the peak of summer and family demands are peaking as well.
So, we have decided to stop taking orders (and pre-orders) for a few weeks in order to get caught up with current orders and get the new products finished and available. While we are at it, we will be updating the web site and spending some time with our families.
We will still be online and answering questions/emails as much as possible.
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| Posted @ Jul 17, 2008 19:47 GMT by Russ White |
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| Sympatico Update |
I know some of you have been patiently waiting for Sympatico, so I wanted to give a little update.
Thanks to the incredibly fast and skilled assembly by Brian, The Sympatico prototype has been successfully tested. In fact, I am listening to it as I type and have been for the last three days. All of the numbers hit exactly on the mark from the VREG voltage to the current draw of the CCS. I feel like I hit the sweet spot on the first swing.
Turn on and turn off behavior is perfect, no thumps or chirps.
The Sympatico is significantly easier to setup than a TXO-2.
The sound is simply stunning to me, I love TXO-2 but this indeed a notch above in terms of fidelity. I think in large part because of the very short feedback loops and the on board shunt regulators.
So I just wanted to give a shout out to Brian for putting it together so fast, thanks buddy. Just a couple months ago Sympatico was just an idea I shared with him. Today it is reality.
One builders note. I would not recommend anything more than 25V(50VCT) secondaries period.
20-24V (40-48VCT) is ideal. I am using a single 44VCT 1KVA transformer for two channels. It is driving 4ohm 87db speakers with ease.
The amp is wired center tapped, so dual secondary transformers should be used wired in series by using the two spots at the power input, the point where the secondaries join becomes the center tap.
We should have it ready to order soon.
Cheers!
Russ |
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