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When will the Balanced square wave be available for purchase?

post #1 of 5
10/27/07 at 3:20am
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& what price?
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post #2 of 5
10/27/07 at 4:06am
It should be available now, do you want Mikhail's phone number? At HF2 it was quoted at $1700 but I think it's less now. But personally I wouldn't get one until Mikhail puts stepped attenuators on there, non-stepped is just annoying!

For the money the Rockhopper Balanced Beta 22 and HeadAmp GS-X are better options IMO. Mikhail also takes a really long time to build stuff...
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post #3 of 5
10/27/07 at 8:07pm
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Originally Posted by Asr View Post
It should be available now, do you want Mikhail's phone number? At HF2 it was quoted at $1700 but I think it's less now. But personally I wouldn't get one until Mikhail puts stepped attenuators on there, non-stepped is just annoying!

For the money the Rockhopper Balanced Beta 22 and HeadAmp GS-X are better options IMO. Mikhail also takes a really long time to build stuff...
Yeah. I hate waiting.. So quicker the better.. I just want a end all balanced amp.. Headroom desktop seems to be the cheapest, along with the Rudi X33.. But your review on the single ended wave impressed me, so It's on my list..
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post #4 of 5
10/28/07 at 4:41am
IMO you won't find an "end all balanced amp" in either the HeadRoom or the RudiStor. The more I learn about op-amps the more they don't seem ideal for high-end amplification. Discrete seems like the better way to go, and the Square Wave XL, balanced Beta 22, and GS-X are all discrete, and they're all in the same price category too incidentally. And don't go cheap on a balanced amp just to save money, you might regret that later.
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post #5 of 5
10/28/07 at 5:28am
Go team fully discrete!

I'm sure the Squarewave can be ordered now and in fact might be better ordered now rather than when its officially "ready" based on Singlepower's lead times.

Maybe someday the Dynafet (Fet based output stage and successor to the Dynahi) board group buy will actually happen and there will be another strong fully discrete amp in that price range.
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