Congratulations on that post landmark! 5k - wow...
Yes we are still running the group buy until Sunday, so you're in luck. We'll contact you via PM to arrange the payment shortly.
All the best,
Team Amptastic
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Originally Posted by Barry
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Congratulations on that post landmark! 5k - wow...
Yes we are still running the group buy until Sunday, so you're in luck. We'll contact you via PM to arrange the payment shortly.
All the best,
Team Amptastic
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Originally Posted by Barry
Mark & Rich, apologies for the short delay in responding to everyone but everything should be in order now. You have PM
Aye, all good, cheers Chris :)
Trust me to have bought 2 before this offer came along.
I have bi-amped with these little wonders, and the sound is astonishing, even to the wife's ears.
They are very revealing, and show the limits of my speakers. And that mean's I'll have to spend some more money on upgrading in the near future...
My Mini-T arrived this morning (cheers Chris :cool:) so being the eager Beaver that I am I wapped it straight into the system on power amp duties. It's been up and running for about an hour and I have to say I am very impressed. Gonna keep it hooked up for a week or so to allow it to burn in but it's all sounding quite horny just now. As it stands the Hafler has it beat on ultimate resolution at the frequency extremes and overall ambience but it's early doors yet. Imaging is pretty good too, definitely on a par with the Hafler. There's a helluva lot going on inside this cute little box of tricks and for the money I am absolutely gobsmacked at what I'm hearing. It's having no trouble at all driving the DM2's to quite obscene levels... :champagne:
Result! Told ya ;)
But..... What about that crackle, or whatever, you were hearing from your speakers - is that still there now that the T-amp's in the equation? :)
Marco.
No it isn't Marco but that's because I'm listening straight from the CDP. It's still there when the Caiman is in circuit though. I've narrowed the fault down to the Caiman now anyway and Stan has offered to take a look at it for me. Got a spare DAC I can borrow for a couple of weeks? :lol:
My Mini-T arrived just now, thanks Chris, very fast delivery! :)
I've not had chance to try it out yet, hopefully I'll get around to it later on today or tomorrow. Great looking piece of kit though, way chunkier and well machined than I was imagining.
Thanks again.
Tony
Found a neat home for the Mini-T but now I have a problem, there's a gap to fill under the other speaker. What to do? :D
http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/...uff/Mini-T.jpg
Has anyone used one with audio note speakers?
Mine has arrived this morning and have left it playing away for the rest of the weekend, definitely to my ears sounding more refined than it's predecessor already :D
The post round here seems to be cack of late :rolleyes: Nothing arrived yet, not even some cables that Mark Grant posted on Thursday :(
Ditto Mark, It would have been too good to be true if the postman had brought mine this morning... instead I'll probably get one of those red cards through the door on monday or tuesday and have to take a trip to the depot (4 miles away) next weekend!Quote:
Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant
Mine arrived in the post this morning - I've yet to try it downstairs with the FH3s, but it's sounding nice with the (running in) Gale 3010s speakers in my son's room.
Hi
Am I too late to add my name to the list?
Steve
Blimey, look at that - post number 1 on the forum is to try and get a members discount! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Steveh100
Just over 28 hours in and the Amptastic 'T' is really opening up now so let's begin with the one piece of constructive criticism I can level at this little marvel when compared to the Hafler: Bass. Whilst it is there the little 'T' just can't dig down quite as far as the more powerful Hafler but that is only to be expected and so I can forgive it that. Despite its lack of ultimate bass extension the 'T' provides a very pacey and tonally excellent bottom end which can really get ones foot tapping.
Midrange is absolutely stunning and exceptionally revealing. Female voices in particular are delivered with so much life and vigour together with multiple layers of tonal beauty that you simply can't help but be drawn into the performance. Feed it with a poor recording however and the 'Mini T' will not be diplomatic about it, it will lay it on the line and tell it like it is. Although the Amptastic T-Amp lacks the ultimate top end sparkle of the Hafler it is a close run thing. Detail levels are immense and yet there is not a hint of analytical coolness anywhere. This amp almost breaths, it is that open. The soundstage is immense with real width and depth, the 'T' places instruments and performers in the soundstage with absolute authority.
In summation I am absolutely staggered by what the Amptastic team have created here. I'm driving the Amptastic T-Amp with a Classe DR5 pre-amp and I am now wondering how much of an improvement there might be if I add another Mini T so the DM2's can have one each. I'm not certain how to go about connecting it all up however, any suggestions?
Can't you just go red from the pre to red on one mini.
And black from the pre to black/white on the other mini?
I don't think it is that simple Stu. If I wire it up in that configuration I think I would only be utilizing one channel from each amp. I may as well just stick with the one I have in that case ;) The plan is to increase the power output to give a little more oomph to the bass by using the entire output from each Mini-T to drive just one speaker.
Ah sorry.See what you mean.
I used one with a pair of 12" tannoys a couple of years ago and the only place i could fault it was the bass.
Tempted to try one with the AN/es i have.
Try it Stu it can't hurt ;)
Bass is just a tad light hence why I would be interested in trying the little experiment I mention above. In this configuration I'm hoping the Mini T's can dig that bit deeper in which case I would be a very happy bunny indeed because in most other respects the Mini T's outperform the Hafler significantly.
The reson I didn't go for one of these is that I don't have any loudspeakers (except maybe some JBL control 1) that it would have (IMO) sufficient power to drive. I did wonder if it would manage your DM2s, I think the criticisms you make (lack of low bass, lack of sparkle) are down to this lack of power and not necessarily attributes of the amp itself. Using one per side might just do it though, will be intersting to see the outcome if you decide to go for it.
I don't know if the mini-t can be 'bridged' to make it a mono block?Quote:
Originally Posted by synsei
If not, then you could vertical bi-amp - if your speakers have 2 sets of terminals (I suspect they don't)
http://www.theartofsound.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=5818
Just a single pair of inputs per speaker unfortunately Keith. My solution is far from elegant but it may just work. What I am proposing to do is buy a pair of phono splitters and attach them to the left and right IC's from the pre-amp and then into the left and right rca inputs on each amp. Both left and right speaker outputs from each of the Mini T's would then feed just one speaker. Effectively one Mini T would handle each channel. Would this work?Quote:
Originally Posted by keiths
It can't be bridged as each channel is already a bridge anyway :D
Dave, scurry off down to the AoS Library for this article about bi-wiring & bi-amping. Barry wrote an excellent description and some idiot did some diagrams.
If you connect it properly for vertical bi-amping, as described in the above article, then it is a monoblock - no bridging required!
That is how I was hoping it would work. The DM2's aren't bi-wirable they having only a single pair of inputs, I assume this won't be a problem as long as I can find an effective solution to allow me to connect up two pairs of banana plugs to the speakers? I don't want to chop my Belkin speaker cables about you see ;)
Sorry I missed the fact that you would be using DM2's. Unless you split the crossover, you'll have to use one amp channel.
Don't do it, you'll end up with a popped amplifier unless they current share precisely & have the same DC offset.Quote:
Originally Posted by synsei
If you'd had seperate input on the back of the speakers for bass/mid & treble then you could bi amp. As it is it'd be bye bye amp :D
Ah well, bang goes that idea then... :lol:
Ooh, best you do Chris :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stratmangler
Leave the amp powered up for a couple of days also.
I have mine connected to an HRT Streamer II and a set of JBL Control 1 speakers. Sounds very good in the home office! :)
A Tonka toy amp arrived this morning :eyebrows: Just messing, but stick it next to my KSA250 & you'll understand where I'm coming from :D
Hopefully get a chance to get it boogying later on after the weekly shop :)
My Mini T has just been delivered, but I don't have time to play today, will have to wait for the weekend :)
Thanks for the great service Chris.
I'll be very interested to hear what you think of the Mini-T/FH3 combo, Chris.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stratmangler
I've done it Keith ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by keiths
With the MA CHP70 drivers' natural tone and the Frugal's "hang in the air" presentation, the extended upper frequencies and precise soundstage of the Mini-T seemed like a very complimentary match to me. The tight bass control also suited the Frugal's design well. Front end was a Touch with MCRU power supply.
Another reason to get out in that shed! :lol:
That encouraging - my FH3s will have the Mark Audio CHP70s (the original version - not the MK2s with the rolled-off HF). Hopefully I'll be able to try a Mini-T with them.Quote:
Originally Posted by electric beach
No shed, unfortunately (well, not one that you could actually work in) - it's all being done outside. I actually managed a couple of hours this evening. I've now got all 4 side panels cut and one of the internal pieces done. Might be finished sometime before Christmas :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by electric beach
as predicted, a red card from the postie when i got home tonight... will be the weekend before i get a chance to collect it. Cant wait
At least you know where it is :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RichB
Have fun when you get it :D No time to play with my Mini-T today, maybe tomorrow...
My Mini T arrived on Saturday; very quick delivery; Thanks Chris.
For its' price and size very impressive. Wont replace my Rega Brio R in my main system, doesn't seem to have enough muscle to drive my NEAT Mystique 2's as well as the Rega. I've used it with a PC running Foobar into a pair of Royd Doublets. To be fair though; both both Speakers are fairly inefficient ( 86db ). Would expect it to sound great ( as everyone has said )with more efficient boxes.
Certainly no regrets and would thoroughly recommend it with efficient boxes
Tony
Must.....resist....arrgghhhh
I am sure this would make the Bantam jealous..
Got my pair this afternoon.... I'm wondering how long they need to settle down, they seem a tad bright. Only had them on for an hour or so but initial impressions are OK. Sound quite different to the temple amps I have been running.
Tony.
It took mine about three days for the tonal balance to even out Tony. Whilst it doesn't offer prodigious amounts of bass after burn in, what is there is very well controlled. The Amptastic Mini T really shines when playing music with fairly sparse arrangements so folk, jazz and small orchestral ensembles sound lovely. It does become a little over-awed by large scale orchestral works and huge rock productions for example where the sound tends to lack gravitas and can sound a bit hard and brittle.
Dave,
Thanks for that, they seem to be changing hour by hour. I'm hoping the hint of sibilance settles down. For the money they are bloody good.....well, bloody good, period!
My son gave them a wee listen and preferred them to my four temple mono blocks.
I re-installed the original bantum last night with a maplins PSU, to my ears it sounded lovely.
The T amps really let you taste something special for pocket money prices.
Tony.
Mine replaced my Hafler power amp early on Saturday morning Tony and it has been in use almost constantly since. I have no plans to reinstall the Hafler anytime soon so it must be doing summat right... :lol:
I'll be giving the Mini-T a spin probably tomorrow now I have found a pair of decent speakers....
Right in front of me, damn near :doh: :lol:
You used them to put your coffee on Dave, to the left hand side :eyebrows:
:lol: Great minds think alike, I've just sought confirmation of that from you in your Gallery thread... :D
Mine arrived today.
Can't believe it will source 20W per channel from a li'll iddy-biddy box about the size of a couple of fag packets.
Will 'play' with it tomorrow and run it into a pair of Eltax speakers. Then I'll try it out into a pair of B&W DM2a speakers, and finally (if I have the courage!) into a pair of Quad ESLs (57).
It will be an entry level experience of class D amplification. If successful it could lead on to a pair of Nuforce amps. (?)
My only real concern at the moment is the 13A plug fitted to the power supply mains lead is not fused! As soon as I comfirm the amp does indeed work, that plug will be cut off, thrown away and replaced with a decent Crabtree plug conforming to BS1363.
Hi Barry, my Mini T is driving a pair of DM2's (not the a's though) and it drives them with ease ;)