DeeJayBump
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Alright to set this up, I am one of the folks who has commissioned Tangent to build me one of these amps. I'm a couple of weeks away from it arriving.
In the meantime, I have some questions directed to those who've built these amps and to anyone who's heard the different parts configs I'll mention.
First up is burn-in. How long does it take to get the META42 to stabilize and sound as well as it will?
Next, I keep reading from PPL but also by a few others in these forums the benefits of stacking buffers and (by PPL) of the lower frequency benefits that the Elantec EL2008 has over the 2002 and 2001 respectively both in extension and power in stacked-buffer configurations.
If you had an amp built with the 2001 or 2001 as the buffers and with a BB OPA627, how much work would it involve to replace the 2001/2002 with 2008(s)? From PPL's descriptions, these draw more current, so would this demand a re-design/reconfig of other parts (values, etc) in the chain, or would it simply be a drop-in replacement that dramatically lowers battery life (in portable META42(s))?
In the meantime, I have some questions directed to those who've built these amps and to anyone who's heard the different parts configs I'll mention.
First up is burn-in. How long does it take to get the META42 to stabilize and sound as well as it will?
Next, I keep reading from PPL but also by a few others in these forums the benefits of stacking buffers and (by PPL) of the lower frequency benefits that the Elantec EL2008 has over the 2002 and 2001 respectively both in extension and power in stacked-buffer configurations.
If you had an amp built with the 2001 or 2001 as the buffers and with a BB OPA627, how much work would it involve to replace the 2001/2002 with 2008(s)? From PPL's descriptions, these draw more current, so would this demand a re-design/reconfig of other parts (values, etc) in the chain, or would it simply be a drop-in replacement that dramatically lowers battery life (in portable META42(s))?