radish wrote: > radish;261013 Wrote: >> I just bought the new iteration of the T-amp for $65. Somewhat louder >> than the old one, same great sound quality and lousy build quality :) >> But it works great for small speakers & small rooms, and you can't beat >> the price. > > So this is interesting. I read posts from various people asking for > ideas for small auto-switching amps. My new Audioengine A2 speakers are > auto-switching and I was measuring their power usage today (as there's > no way to tell if they're "on" or "off"). Roughly 6W playing, 0W after > the timeout (seems to be a few minutes). Excellent! Then I wondered > about the T-amp which is used in another room - it's not auto-switching > and I wanted to make sure it wasn't eating power as I frequently forget > to turn it off. It draws a whopping 1W when playing at decently loud > volume through regular bookshelf speakers. I'm not sure how that is > possible (my AC theory is flaky at best!) but I'm not worried about the > auto-switch anymore!
It's all down to efficiency. Traditional amp designs were/are inefficient; the T-amp is a Class D circuit and is much more efficient. R. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
