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Xin
Moderator
USA
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 Posted - 03/11/2005 : 14:09:58
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The new PCB boards arrived on schedule this morning. Kudos to Express PCB; with their great service, I can always get boards in 2 days after a new design - how cool is this!
I just made the very first one and I'm listening to it right now. It excedes my each and every expectaions. More tight bass, more spacious and more sharp highs are the least I can say right now. Each and every single notes, in the high, middle or low, are all presented as they ought to be. Before V2, I always felt something missing in my headphones, compared to my NDA receiver and Energy speakers; now evrything is there, even more clearly presented.
 
Make no mistake, for the size of barely two quaters, this baby has 3 separated and buffered (stackable) channels, like the PPA jant. If you don't know what this means, it is far better than dual mono architecture. The two caps are 1000uF each, super low ESR type. With all the sockets, you can swap opamps and add more buffers (up to 4x). Note, you don't have to have these sockets and the ICs will then be soldered on the back of the board; you'll have more caps and still have 2x buffers in all 3 channels.
Man, who wants to bid on this very first historical amp human ever made? Mavis from Japan suggested that I should give it a new name; I think this baby well deserves it. Name suggestions?
Sorry, I won't be able to response until tomorrow because I'll be snoring like a pig. |
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jamato8
Average Member
USA
539 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 14:42:32
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So, are you going to offer a hard wired version? :^)
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liboone
Starting Member
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 16:02:35
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HiFlight
Average Member
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 16:26:07
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Name: Maybe..
CrownMacro ?????
Ron Kerlin
Ft Myers, FL, USA
SuperMacro, Cosmic Headroom, PortaCordaII, ER4S, ER4P, ER6i, EM3, UM2, AH-D6, HD650, AKG501, KSC-35 |
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HiFlight
Average Member
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 16:27:22
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Or, maybe better,
TriMacro ?????
Ron Kerlin
Ft Myers, FL, USA
SuperMacro, Cosmic Headroom, PortaCordaII, ER4S, ER4P, ER6i, EM3, UM2, AH-D6, HD650, AKG501, KSC-35 |
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herry
Starting Member
18 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 17:17:17
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| SuperXin ! :) |
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shan
Junior Member
210 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 17:23:42
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SuperGrand |
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mavis
Starting Member
28 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 17:28:27
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How about:
SuperTrine (since there are three totally seperate channels)
SuperTrio (three channels)
SuperIso (three seperate, ISOlated channels)
SuperPoly (polyphonic, three channels working together)
SuperUni (UNIson, UNIty)
Anyway, good job with the new circuit! Very impressive!!
I'm wondering, will you continue to sell the SuperMacro 2.0 as well as this newer version? I imagine this new amp will cost a bit more than the 2.0 SM, as it took longer to develop, is more difficult to assemble, requires more components, etc ... The SuperMacro 2.0 is still a damn good amp though, and at a lower price point than this new 3.0, it would probably be an attractive amp to a lot of people ... Just curious.
20GB iPod 4G / SuperMacro 1 (OPA627) / SuperMacro 2 (OPA227) / Sensaphonics 2X-S |
Edited by - mavis on 03/11/2005 17:30:15 |
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brandall10
Starting Member
4 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 17:39:22
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rellik
Starting Member
7 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 17:45:42
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oh man! and im still guessing that the switches board will be there since i see only half of the battery terminals
im amazed with the backside |
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mavis
Starting Member
28 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 18:10:03
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quote:
Originally posted by brandall10
SuperDuperMacro
Yeah, I guess that would be one way to do it. UltraMacro or something ... ;)
If you call it the SuperPoly, you'd be able to call the DAC the SuperDAC and the DAC+amp the SuperPolyDAC ... ??
20GB iPod 4G / SuperMacro 1 (OPA627) / SuperMacro 2 (OPA227) / Sensaphonics 2X-S |
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darwin022
New Member
62 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 19:17:24
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SuperTriple
Super3x
SuperXin gets my vote as well
I can't wait :D my opamps got here today. |
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statdude
New Member
82 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 19:35:14
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hmmm... how about optimus-primacro, |
Edited by - statdude on 03/11/2005 19:35:36 |
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brandall10
Starting Member
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Posted - 03/11/2005 : 19:45:04
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I got it - SuperMondo
Macro = large
Mondo = huge
More or less. It would fit in with the naming paradigm where his current products are SuperMxxx(o).
SuperMicro
SuperMini
SuperMacro
SuperMondo
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brandall10
Starting Member
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Posted - 03/11/2005 : 19:50:43
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| Also I believe mondo means "world" in Latin (well at least in Spanish :). Is this is an amp to shake up the portable amp world... |
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jamato8
Average Member
USA
539 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2005 : 20:09:07
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Mundo is world. But I like SuperMondo.
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SuperMacro V3 is born (pics)!!!
