Anybody familar with Audiosource?

marker
marker Posts: 1,084
edited April 2005 in Electronics
If so, how are they?

I noticed some Audiosource amps on ubid.com that were 400 watts a piece when bridged.

Getting two 400 watt monoblocks for about $400 shipped wouldn't be a bad deal for some of these people in here to drive their power hungry RTi12 set ups.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited April 2005
    I've owned a few. I think many of them, if not all, use toroidal power tansformers. Not bad amps at all although I would suggest buying used so if you decide you don't like them you can get your money back. If you get a great Ubid price that might not be too bad. Ebay usually has quite a few of them and they're pretty easy to sell. They are budget amps however, but they should certainly beat most receivers I would think.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited April 2005
    I've got an AudioSource Amp Two, so far, so good.
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  • 2+2
    2+2 Posts: 546
    edited April 2005
    I have been meaning to ask, is there anything inherently advantageous or superior to a toroidal power supply over a conventional one (what ever that may be)?
    System 1: Martin Logan Vantage, Rotel RC 1070, B&K Reference 200.2, Music Hall DAC 15.2, Yamaha 2300

    System 2: LSi15 w/db840, Marantz SR8400, Rotel 1080, RM6800 (C&S), Sony X2020ES

    System 3: LSi7, Yamaha SW215, Music Hall Maven, Music Hall MMF CD25 w/627opamps

    System 4: RTi100, Harman Kardon AVR 230, Panasonic DVD
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by 2+2
    I have been meaning to ask, is there anything inherently advantageous or superior to a toroidal power supply over a conventional one (what ever that may be)?


    Good question, and I don't know what the alternatives are, either. I guess I just thought it either had a toroidal power supply, a larger toroidal power supply, or had one of those new chip amps. Speaking just of SS amplification.

    I'm looking forward to an answer, too.
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  • 2+2
    2+2 Posts: 546
    edited April 2005
    I know conventional power supplies have a rectangular shape rather than the hamburger shape and many manufacturers use toroidal in their higher line products (rotel 1056 vs 1067 for example). Maybe they produce less noise.....
    System 1: Martin Logan Vantage, Rotel RC 1070, B&K Reference 200.2, Music Hall DAC 15.2, Yamaha 2300

    System 2: LSi15 w/db840, Marantz SR8400, Rotel 1080, RM6800 (C&S), Sony X2020ES

    System 3: LSi7, Yamaha SW215, Music Hall Maven, Music Hall MMF CD25 w/627opamps

    System 4: RTi100, Harman Kardon AVR 230, Panasonic DVD
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  • bigsexy1
    bigsexy1 Posts: 557
    edited April 2005
    The lesser Rotel receiver (1056) has an ei core transformer instead of a torodial one.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited April 2005
    Here's a few links:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5768259250&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
    http://www.tortech.com.au/article.html
    http://www.tabtronics.com/toroids.htm
    http://www.tbs-electronics.nl/transformers/toradv.html

    If you do a google search you'll find more than you ever wanted to know.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,793
    edited April 2005
    They have less noise.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,793
    edited April 2005
    A non-tord. power supply...

    (that big black thing)

    Another one would be the one in your Yammer receiver.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2005
    Waaaaait a minute......are you sure my Yammy doesn't have a toroidal transformer...?.......phooey....
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    Jstas wrote: »
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    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
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    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
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  • 2+2
    2+2 Posts: 546
    edited April 2005
    Cool...thanks for the info gents...those Audio Source then have pretty good power supplies considering their price...
    System 1: Martin Logan Vantage, Rotel RC 1070, B&K Reference 200.2, Music Hall DAC 15.2, Yamaha 2300

    System 2: LSi15 w/db840, Marantz SR8400, Rotel 1080, RM6800 (C&S), Sony X2020ES

    System 3: LSi7, Yamaha SW215, Music Hall Maven, Music Hall MMF CD25 w/627opamps

    System 4: RTi100, Harman Kardon AVR 230, Panasonic DVD
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2005
    Interesting...I'm gonna hafta check out those links sometime when I get some more time...
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited April 2005
    Well, ubid has them back up again and here they are:

    http://www.ubid.com/actn/opn/getpage.asp?AuctionId=10367451

    http://www.ubid.com/actn/opn/getpage.asp?AuctionId=10367396

    http://www.ubid.com/actn/opn/getpage.asp?AuctionId=10367380

    http://www.ubid.com/actn/opn/getpage.asp?AuctionId=10367452

    I'm very seriously considering getting a pair of those Amp3 to run in 400 watt bridged mode for driving my pair of RTi12.

    Even counting shipping charges, a pair of 400 watt monoblocks for less than $500 total wouldn't be half bad at all!
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited April 2005
    The AMP 1's, which I owned, are 200W bridged and they're only $79. You'd think 200W would be plenty for anything but a sub maybe.
    2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited April 2005
    The RTi12 IS a sub!
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,907
    edited April 2005
    :o
    2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited April 2005
    Nice thing about the Amp Two is the signal sensing auto turn on.
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