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hey wat songs did u use to test these mags out with?

dang jack maybe i SHOULD send you a schematic lol but i think they are a secret but umm the amps from 2001 use the 12AX7 compared to the others youve stated how does it compare?

oh oops my bad, i misread your post : im just quoting this stuff from a little handout i have. "The VTCSD divides audio signal amplification into two separate areas, voltage and current. By starting with the vaccume tube as a source of hgh voltage VTCSD adds a second "amperage amplifier" the amperage amplifier is a null-gain cirucuit driven by current syncs that mirror the voltage signal and provide torque to the speakers in perfect syncronization with the voltage content that neither distorts nor colors the original tube sounds." i dunno im still new to this kinda stuff (esp. tubes) edit: so yea youre right DBfan, its not a TRUE class A

Righ now Righ now? *see sig* later later? Same HU Same Speaks Sub: 1 12" RL-p with a Happy FACE! Amps: Usamps AXTU-600 Usamps 1500DE or AX1000 Wire: Welding supply

No this is a different type of "hybrid" its usamps VTCSD (Vaccum Tube Current Sync Drive). "has a direct input signal fed Directly into the tube, There are no solid state gain stages or processors in the signal path, and the original high voltage tube signal is joined by a null gain current following circuit that is pulled in to the voltage rails by an opposing pair of current syncs providing a sort of amplifier power steeringto deliver speaker driving power without taxing the character of the original tube voltage output" whereas the plain old hybrid tube has "a solid state input with negative feedback trhough a solidstate amplifier and transistor switching noise creating uneven clipping odd-order harmonics." in other words, usamps has created a new type of tube amp using no solid state processors.

Just Dld it rite now, great stuff, much better thant Mix tape 8

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA i love your AVAtar DBFAN!

jeeez 5sx's yep youre loud

haha i base it on the length of time i have known the person and how well i know him/her. well.... for me, i would just charge a flat rate for everybody that you come across so there is no favorites.

i have no freakin clue im shooting for end of the month lol.... if RE fans can wait a year, im sure Usamps people can wait a month Here is some info on the new AX's as well as the Xterminator Line coming out: http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/i...?showtopic=5125

wow... i bet more than half the teachers/class will know what your are writing about hehe

let me start with the upsides and the downsides (all you audiophile tube pple correct me if im wrong) Upside: Close to the purest sound quality you can attain from and amplifier. The VTCSD "follows" the high voltage tube signal straight into the speakers meaning nothing is blocking the signals way to the speaker. Downside: Does tend to get hot compared to a D or an A/B and a lot less efficient. the reason why very few people are running these amps are because as brad has stated barely anybody knows about tube/Class A amps. THe majority of the market is class A/B or D. as for the price of these amps, well all i have to say is that they are no more expensive than thier class A/B counterparts. pm me for the prices if you want. edit: I am going to run an AX TU 300 or 600 for my rainbows. Ill write a review when i get it installed.

phoenix is just like sundance, or orange grove all hippielike

theres a USamps Merlin MD1 puts out 1200w @ 1 in your price range

no haha i dont think usamps would ever victim as long as Mr Ecker is still designing those amps. From my understanding, the DD was just an experiment, just to see if it could be done. there is a nice little amp in the works. I dont know when exactly its coming out, but all i can tell you is... its gonna be nearly 4ft long, Class A/B its gonna be HOT.

congrats man! was this planned? or is he an accident? i say you name him Adire Adire Edwards hehe

wow i was gonna say like 150 for the whole thing including a box but eh im nice

no no EVERYTHING is a dirk Original Dirk designed ALL of the boards. He just sent the designs overseas for the merlin and is just wanted to clear that up

erm i belive the I/S line is imported from china, but designed by dirk. your are correct about the AX line. pretty crazy, the toroids are hand wrapped here. edit: the merlin line is now completely bein made here in the USA to tell you the truth, i dont think it matters who builds the amplifiers, its the design and the quality of the parts that matters IMO. I hope that clears things up a little bit

nah its cool, i like them here

dude i got just the amp for you lol

nope not yet.... they aint even out yet. oh one more thing a new amp AX 1500DE is also in the works right now.

Well i jut got off the phone with Dirk Ecker (the engineer) and he gave me some info on the new amps that are going to be unveiled in January 06 at the Consumer Electronics show in vegas. Oh speaking of CES, the USamps booth is going to be at: Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall 2419 so whoevers in vegas stop by and meet Mr. Kim! Basically they are coming out with 14 new versions of amps of the AX line. This is what he told me: 3 new Stereo amps: AX 600, 1000, and 2000 these amps are going to be more advanced, more up to date, of the current models and are going to have a "special feature" in which i am not at liberty to say, but trust me its gonna be awesome 2 Newer versions of the 4/5 channel amps: AX 4300 and 5600 4 Models of the tube amps: AX TU-300, 600, 1000 (that sounds like a monster), 4360. All are going to be improved and updated with Crossovers this time Sub Amps: All of the AX DE's are going to have new circuitboards, more advanced, up to date, and they are going to be Bi-polar (someone help me with that term :) and that "special feature" might be present within the DE amps also. Thats all for now

ME!! Thats rite! i just got back from the factory, i asked, he said yes. So pm me and ill see wat i can do for yas