Dec
17
More Sonic Impact T-AMP goodness
Sonic Impact comes with the $139 Super T-AMP [via], an upgrade to the popular and great T-AMP ($39) with “quality binding posts, RCA jacks and the ability to draw power from either the wall or your car” among other improvements.
We had presented the T-AMP back in October, and posted a comparison versus other Class-T amplifiers a few weeks later.
The $100 difference between the Super T-AMP and the T-AMP has me thinking Sonic Impact is trying to capitalize on the T-AMP craze, maybe—it’s a bit too much, but still a good deal.
Oh, and the TCC TC754 [via] is apparently the preamp to get. It’ll set you back 80 bucks.
[Both bits from SonicFlare, a staff favorite here at HiFi Blog HQ.]
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I can’t speak for the Super t, but the regular T amp is absolute Garbage. Mine burned itself out the first time I used it, and stopped working alltogether within a week of purchase. No contact information for the company is provided with the product, except links to a website they never respond to. My advice to audiophiles is don’t waste your money.
...added by EP Sato /// May 24th, 2006 at 18:42 PM
I have 2 of the T-amps never had an issue!
disregard the naysayer and never let this amp clip and she good. I got a 4 amp 12v regulated power supply and this baby sings! I had it on a cruise resently with a pair of RS minimus 3’s these are damn small 3.5” speakers and they sounded loud and clear at volumes that had people dancing outside of our cabin! It was a blast DJing as our house DJ stunk.- They will run off of 8 AA batteries but they don’t sound as loud or as good with a power supply. But ran them off an ipod and this portable system rocked the hottub for hours!
...added by ECarey /// May 29th, 2006 at 21:45 PM
That EP Sato guy up top is the ONLY person who’s been posting the same exact negative comment on every blog, Amazon forum, etc. that he could find. I guess one (rather vocal) disgruntled customer out of thousands is not bad….
Just so the original poster above knows, the $100 difference between T and Super-T has to do with vastly different innards. The chip’s the same, but power supply, filters, chassis, volume potentiometer, interconnects inside…. are all better.
...added by BT /// September 10th, 2006 at 10:52 AM
BT: thanks for the note.
Could you please point me to an article somewhere that seconds your writing re: the $100 price difference?
This sounds plausible (I’m not doubting you, cause you seem to know what you’re talking about), but I’d like to have a (linkable) source before I update my original post.
Thanks!
...added by Konstantinos Christidis /// September 10th, 2006 at 14:38 PM