dgardner
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I must get at least one PM a week asking me about the the various incarnations of DIY Gilmore Amps. Perhaps this thread can keep the explanation in circulation.
First of all, I had nothing to do with the crazy names.
Dynalo = The Original Gilmore Dynamic Amp. Since Kevin Gilmore designed it to cranks his Grados, people think is only suited for only low impedance headphones. Wrong. It drives nearly every headphone 32-600 ohms quite well. It remains the least expensive and easiest to build so I guess it is the "low end" of the product family.
Dynahi = The higher power and newer Gilmore Amp. Since Kevin boasted it as being great for the "high volume nuts", and good for the especially inefficient K-1000's, everyone assumed it was for high impedance phones and called it the Dynahi. Or perhaps the high power level helped the name along.
Dynamid = don't forget about the bridged version of the Original Gilmore Dynamic. People considered this to be "the reference amp" for a while so its proper place in the pecking order must be "the middle", and therefore it was called the dynamid. Stupid name.
Dynamite (a.k.a. Dynamight) - Oh, and don't forget, if you are insane, you can create a balanced dynahi, which is affectionately know as the dynamite. Without dumbing the gain down, it melts things. I built one. It's cool.
EDIT:
Dynazilla - The fictional name given the yet-to-be-realized concept of building a dynahi amp with a big enough output stage and large enough power supply to power 8 ohm speakers.
First of all, I had nothing to do with the crazy names.
Dynalo = The Original Gilmore Dynamic Amp. Since Kevin Gilmore designed it to cranks his Grados, people think is only suited for only low impedance headphones. Wrong. It drives nearly every headphone 32-600 ohms quite well. It remains the least expensive and easiest to build so I guess it is the "low end" of the product family.
Dynahi = The higher power and newer Gilmore Amp. Since Kevin boasted it as being great for the "high volume nuts", and good for the especially inefficient K-1000's, everyone assumed it was for high impedance phones and called it the Dynahi. Or perhaps the high power level helped the name along.
Dynamid = don't forget about the bridged version of the Original Gilmore Dynamic. People considered this to be "the reference amp" for a while so its proper place in the pecking order must be "the middle", and therefore it was called the dynamid. Stupid name.
Dynamite (a.k.a. Dynamight) - Oh, and don't forget, if you are insane, you can create a balanced dynahi, which is affectionately know as the dynamite. Without dumbing the gain down, it melts things. I built one. It's cool.
EDIT:
Dynazilla - The fictional name given the yet-to-be-realized concept of building a dynahi amp with a big enough output stage and large enough power supply to power 8 ohm speakers.