haha, balance... will try it on moday since its a holiday.

i dont think its powerfull enough for sub, i wish it can since its kinda accurate and detail!

the smps is getting better?

xtorm,

"eh your pillow put high high sleep and slow slow thinklah...wahahahahaha"

Walau, brader brader like this meh?

I doubt if bro jazzy can understand our phrases

eh brader rply msn 1mah...hahahhaa

wei im ordering soon, money come.... hahahaha

else i ask you treat mooncake...kekeke

haha i think bro jazzy understand abit

sorry, me on lappy now....later go over PC then we chat in MSN
What you gonna do with the files huh?

Quotable Quotes:
Better regret buying than regret NOT buying...
Forgiveness is easier to get than permission...

Thanks to Jazzy, this give xtorm some inspiration.

He decided to buy alot of stuff without telling me and then ask for forgiveness.
Sooner or later i'll like someone's wife to throw all the stuffs. Forgiveness more easy to get mah~

May be i don't throw, i keep then sell it

hmm...I smell something....
throw him out easier lah....

wah very brave ah you....dare tease sifu jazzy...


ongbs, the file holder to hold t-amp..

The long awaited review is here!

After 1 hour of warming up and 1 hour of listening.
Comparisons are made using the T-Amp that has clocked >45 hours burn in.
Initial power supply was a DIY Bench PSU, rated at 3A. Voltage used was 12.6VDC
The unit under scrutiny is a SMPS, rated at 4.3A. Voltage set was 12.34VDC
No changes to main unit made(T-Amp)
Main CD used; Jim Tomlinson-Brazillian Sketches and some other fav CDs to check out a few aspects of the sounds.

Do not expect a day and night type of differences.
I'll make this brief... it's half past one!

Found the music is on a slightly 'faster' beat. Better in the 'attack/decay' department.
Vocals and percussions really stood out.
On linear PSU they are quite laid back and 'slight' mellow.
On SMPS, they're slightly forward. I just love the sounds of percussions, cymbals sounded so natural...
On the track 'I Concentrate On You' not only I could hear the fingers moving on the guitar's strings and frets, I could 'feel' it.
Still on guitar, not only I hear the notes as the results of the strings being pluck, I could 'hear' the plucking too!

On the track 'Gentle rain', the saxaphone being played can make your hair 'stand'. You 'feel' the saxaphone being played right in front of you..
This goes through out the entire album!
Same track, before the start of the singing, I could actually detect when Stacey Kent started to open her lips... I wasn't aware of this earlier!

Bass on the linear PSU was rather tightly controlled. Some may like this. I used to...
ON SMPS, the bass is now 'breathing'. Can be misinterpreted as 'loose'.. Extended listening confirmed this. Bass now is simply bass!! Period.
I especially love the weight in the mid bass without losing the low end..this was very evident and was heard when the burn in is more than 45 hours, as I reported earlier. The SMPS really sums this up nicely.

The overall soundstage is just slightly spacious.. but I sensed a deeper depth.. even sitting to one side of the speakers it is quite obvious.
Now not only you hear music, you can feel/experience it too.

Before this a few days back, I did use a 'laptop' type SMPS, rated at 2.5A, 12VDC. Very subtle changes in certain part of sounds but NOT overall. In this instances, I still prefer the linear PSU instead.

Now, this so called 'industrial grade' SMPS is wayyyy better! Will NOT be switching back to linear PSU for now..

Conclusion: T-Amp + SMPS= marriage made in heaven

No I don't!

Don't thank me! I picked this up 'somewhere' too.. an 'escape clause'

Smart move that one! Selling it!

hahahahha....i knew it!!!
These are "deep tunes" between me and xtorm!

btw, very clear and complete review of your "industrial grade" SPMS!
Nice works bro!

Awaiting your "Inductor review" as well....

This post has been edited by ongbs: Aug 30 2008, 02:05 AM

ok. 'deep tune' is out of my league..

you're welcome bro ongbs.

I also can't wait to see/hear how those toroid inductors will perform...
Personally I think it may not be much...

Me too not expect too much improvement over inductors as they located at output stage, the effects might not be as obvious as input caps

My thoughts, exactly!!
u're still up?
me still spinning more CDs... new things to hear!

hehe...I wanna go down stair and burn some extra hours for my t-amp too

haha nice review...i should get those smps and pu=lug it in my car


im expecting more dynamic, open sounding with the new inductors... but not sure tho, lets see

those inductors are just filters to remove the modulation from the audio.. but then again, you may be right!

I guess it will affect the frequencies (like crossover) more than give impact to the soundstage, but if the value out too much maybe noise/humming will occur

Welcome to the club!!!

Oh.. one more thing, I can really turn the volume up! higher than 10 o'clock position on my pre-amp.
normally 9-9.30 position would suffice!

aiks jazzy....just saw you smps pic...no battery port right?

then 8.5amp going for rm98 meanwell too

haha, im hoping so... since small changes is a big 1 in this amp...