[Matro5]

  A couple of updates:
 
1. Unless something very untoward happens, Freyas will be available for order on Friday. We are finally getting boards in tomorrow. It's doubtful that any of them will be shipped on Friday, however. We have to burn them in.
 
2. Just a couple of photos of the new Vidar prototype, which I mentioned I was building. It's radically different than what we showed. The heatsinks are now literally part of the chassis--everything bolts to them. It should be running next week, thermally qualified shortly after, and then the parts ordering can begin. One aside: this sucker is now VERY dense. The new, larger heatsinks added a few pounds.
 

 

 
Do you have a ballpark on the Vidar's expected dimensions? If this fits in my rack, I think it's a day one purchase for me. 

 

[bigro]

   
Do you have a ballpark on the Vidar's expected dimensions? If this fits in my rack, I think it's a day one purchase for me. 

Or You could just buy a New Rack. 

 

[KoshNaranek]

Or You could just buy a New Rack. 

Racks are significantly cheaper than other amplifiers of the same capability

 

[rmoody]

I just wish Mike would tell us how he really feels about things. He's so hard to pin down.

 

[KoshNaranek]

I just wish Mike would tell us how he really feels about things. He's so hard to pin down.

He is just being diplomatic. We could all learn from his example.

 

[Astral Abyss]

He is just being diplomatic. We could all learn from his example.

 
Pretty sure @rmoody was being facetious.

 

[RickB]

   
Pretty sure @rmoody was being facetious.

Pretty sure KoshNaranek was was being facetious, too. 

 

[Ableza]

OK, I have another audiophile nonsense description to add to my collection: "capacitive coupling between the windings letting noise through" in a transformer.  You bet.  The last thing you want in a transformer is winding coupling of any kind.  That goes right up there with what a materials scientist I know once described as "reverse osmosis doping migration" in an IC.  Yes, that must be the reason it's over heating. 

 

[Matro5]

Racks are significantly cheaper than other amplifiers of the same capability

That's possible, but not a given. Depends on the furniture ( highly variable ) and the performance of the amp ( unknown but intriguing).

But it's a fact that it's cheaper to buy a given amp, than that same amp plus new furniture to accommodate it.

In my case, the furniture is less than a week old, and isn't going anywhere. So, again, IF the Vidal fits, I'll likely take a day one chance on it based on reputation, specs, and intangibles. If not, I'll look elsewhere.

Which is why I'm curious about the dimensions to see if Vidar is even an option for me. Obviously, I hope it is!

 

[Jason Stoddard]

Vidar's dimensions remain the same as the prototype: 9" wide, 12.9" deep, and 3.85" tall.

 

[bigro]

"reverse osmosis doping migration"  I thought this was what happened in Flux Capacitors.
 
 
 

 

[cspirou]

I just realised how Freyas look/sound like Friday.... Maybe Fre-day? 

The similarity is not a coincidence. The word Friday actually comes from Freya. Just like Thursday comes from Thor.

 

[KoshNaranek]

Pretty sure KoshNaranek was was being facetious, too. 

Yes

 

[45longcolt]

"reverse osmosis doping migration" - thought that was the Russian Olympic program...

 

[Astral Abyss]

Yes

 
I need to stop responding to posts in the morning before my caffeine injection.