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basis211Back in 2005, I wrote about the Sonic Impact T-Amp, a $30 toy amp that stereophiles had figured out how to mod into a brilliant, high-quality amplifier. It was one of my most popular posts, ever, and many of you have written in over the years to tell me about your own T-Amps and the remarkable sound you were getting out of it.
I asked the stereophile friend who recommended the T-Amp in the first place what had become of it, and he told me that there was a new version, called the DTA-1 Class T, that is better built and sells for a still-very-reasonable $45. Judging from the glowing customer reviews, Sonic Impact has continued to produce astounding sound-quality for the cost of a pair of cheap laptop speakers.
But my friend had another suggestion: for a mere $20.67, you can get a LP-2020A+ Lepai Tripath Class-T Hi-Fi Audio Mini Amplifier with Power Supply and a pair of $51.99 Dayton Audio B652 bookshelf speakers, and get some truly high-fidelity sound reproduction from your phone or computer for a price that nearly beggars belief.
Considering the minuscule 1.5-by-5.5-by-4.5-inch amp's rock-bottom price, the Lepai is surprisingly well made, has adequate features, and sounds very decent. And for an inexpensive speaker pair, the Dayton B652 has an unusually large woofer -- it's a 6.5-inch polypropylene cone -- and the speaker also has a ferrofluid-cooled 5/8-inch polycarbonate dome tweeter.
If you think the $199 Jawbone Jambox Bluetooth speaker sounds good, you'll flip over the Dayton/Lepai sound. True, it's very much a wired home- or office-bound system, but it plays louder, sounds dramatically clearer, and actually creates a true stereo image (you can place the two speakers as far apart as you like), something no single-box speaker at any price can ever hope to achieve. Hook up your computer, phone, or portable music player to the Lepai/Dayton combo, and enjoy the music.
Не то чтобы он прямо был очень нужен, но 45 или 20 (!!!) долларов! Да, мир изменился.
I asked the stereophile friend who recommended the T-Amp in the first place what had become of it, and he told me that there was a new version, called the DTA-1 Class T, that is better built and sells for a still-very-reasonable $45. Judging from the glowing customer reviews, Sonic Impact has continued to produce astounding sound-quality for the cost of a pair of cheap laptop speakers.
But my friend had another suggestion: for a mere $20.67, you can get a LP-2020A+ Lepai Tripath Class-T Hi-Fi Audio Mini Amplifier with Power Supply and a pair of $51.99 Dayton Audio B652 bookshelf speakers, and get some truly high-fidelity sound reproduction from your phone or computer for a price that nearly beggars belief.
Considering the minuscule 1.5-by-5.5-by-4.5-inch amp's rock-bottom price, the Lepai is surprisingly well made, has adequate features, and sounds very decent. And for an inexpensive speaker pair, the Dayton B652 has an unusually large woofer -- it's a 6.5-inch polypropylene cone -- and the speaker also has a ferrofluid-cooled 5/8-inch polycarbonate dome tweeter.
If you think the $199 Jawbone Jambox Bluetooth speaker sounds good, you'll flip over the Dayton/Lepai sound. True, it's very much a wired home- or office-bound system, but it plays louder, sounds dramatically clearer, and actually creates a true stereo image (you can place the two speakers as far apart as you like), something no single-box speaker at any price can ever hope to achieve. Hook up your computer, phone, or portable music player to the Lepai/Dayton combo, and enjoy the music.
Не то чтобы он прямо был очень нужен, но 45 или 20 (!!!) долларов! Да, мир изменился.
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Date: 2013-06-24 05:24 pm (UTC)в 40-долларовые усилители не верю. Чудес не бывает.
поверьте. я на своём веку повидал много железа.
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Date: 2013-06-24 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-25 02:50 pm (UTC)но вот у меня есть пассивный предусилитель Music First, в котором
внутри коробочки стоят два маленьких трансформатора, переключатель входов и аттенюатор. За всё это скромное изящество сейчас производитель берёт 4000 долларов. Я успел гораздо дешевле.
Деньги берут за звук. Этот пред работает потрясающе.
то что продают за 40 долларов может звучать на 100, но не больше.
маленький усилитель даёт маленький звук, потому как для большого звука нужен большой ток.
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Date: 2013-06-25 03:08 pm (UTC)У этого цель другая - заменить компьютерные колонки и подобные устройства. Это как раз достойно можно сделать, по сравнению с конкурентами.
Я слушал hi fi может быть, пару раз. Впечатляет, ничего не могу сказать. Но сам большую часть взрослой жизни обхожусь старой компактной JVC не помню модель, две маленькие колонки однополосные. Для начала 90-х, своих размеров и 400 долларов она была ого-го! ))
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Date: 2013-06-25 03:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-25 03:34 pm (UTC)у меня в пользовании был китайский аппарат Rotel 991, звучал очень хорошо, но быстро сломался транспорт.
а если вы хотите для компьютера, то не лучше ли купить наушники?
а если надумаете собрать недорогую систему, то присмотритесь к NAD.
в своё время я тестировал бюджетные аппараты в очень дорогой системе. Достойно вели себя только NAD
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Date: 2013-06-25 03:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-25 04:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-24 05:25 pm (UTC)