Wayne Parham Messages: 18677 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
To tell the truth, one of my favorite receivers was a 1980 model Yamaha that used a single 80 watt chip for most of the amp circuit. I also have a bunch of chips that were used as repairs for car stereos and other stuff. Some of them sounded really nice as I recall but I haven't blown the dust off any of that stuff in a long time.
Wayne; I too have had chip based recievers including NAD and the old Yamaha cr series. My brother-in law has it still. I don't rememmber them sounding as good as these little chip amps. I am going to ask him to let me try it again but I still don't understand why there would be this difference. Is it due to the construction of the chip; or different materials or implementation? I know it isn't my imagination because I still have the NAD and it most assureadly doesn't equal this little GT kit. What can it be? Shorter signal path? Thanks, J.R.
I know switches can have some impact (depending on quality, condition, etc.). Also there is all the wiring used to route the signal. These effects may be subtle, but are additive. Besides, I think that there is usually a preamp stage which is unneeded if your gain is fixed high enough with the chip itself........mike
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