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My New System Teaser

right about now some guy is bummin on another forum, complainin some guy just bought D-200's for less that he just paid for his D-100's! hehehe
 
Art Kyle said:
Looks great IB, hope your speakers have a pretty stable impedence characteristic...switching amps work great under those circumstances, not so much if they don't.
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According to this Review, the designer has placed a comparator/modulator at the outputs to deal with that. They use UCD amps, specially modified for Channel Islands. Also, linear power supply.
I have a couple of Class D amps (nowhere near the quality of these) and they do tend to roll off quickly with a larger load. At normal listening levels and with basic 8 ohm speakers, the response is totally flat. Heck, even the little T amp drives a single range 4 ohm speaker with pretty good response (reminds self to finish on Tamp project:scratch2:).
 
The Bel Canto preamp arrives today, hopefully the new Zebra Cables too. Counting down the hours til I get off work!!!

PS - I was incorrect regarding "Class D," which refers to the switching output stage. These amps actually use very large linear power supplies.
 
Inspiribomb said:
The Bel Canto preamp arrives today, hopefully the new Zebra Cables too. Counting down the hours til I get off work!!!

PS - I was incorrect regarding "Class D," which refers to the switching output stage. These amps actually use very large linear power supplies.
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I can't wait to hear your assessment of the complete system. :thmbsp:
I wish I could be there. :sigh:
 
Mmm, after listening to the Toshiba C15 in the system for a good 20 minutes, I swapped in the Bel Canto. Smoooooove... sweet sound, silent background, very coherent, very neutral. I'm in love.
 
The funny thing is, I still find myself getting up to adjust the volume, even though I have a remote right next to me! This will take some getting used to.
 
Inspiribomb said:
The funny thing is, I still find myself getting up to adjust the volume, even though I have a remote right next to me! This will take some getting used to.
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ROFL, with my BC s300iu, the control is about an 8" reach from my mouse pad, but the remote is right there next to the mouse. :music:
 
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