[kevin gilmore]

Interesting new pictures

http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/mpx3.jpg
http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/ppx3c.jpg
http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/ppx3b2.jpg

 

[sacd lover]

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevin gilmore Interesting new pictures http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/mpx3.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/ppx3c.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/ppx3b2.jpg

Looks like the new circuit boards for the singlepower ppx3 and mpx3 amps.

Am I right?

EDIT:Nevermind I saw the word singlepower on the blue board.

 

[fr4c]

 

[sacd lover]

How does the quality of these boards rate KG?

 

[kevin gilmore]

These boards rate pretty well. Large groundplanes, Significant
thought to placement of parts. All the parts fit. Exactly fit.
Double sided and modern construction.

Only one company left on my list that seriously needs to clean up
their act. As recent pictures have shown extra components added
for grounding and noise problems.

All those people with the old models, you better hold on to them.
They will turn into pricy collectors pieces.

 

[Kirosia]

Guess having members b**ch (with good reason) about the internals of Mikhail's amps actually led to something good. Oh, the power of Head-Fi. =)

EDIT: I wonder if the resale value of his older amps will go down and benefit us poor folk . . .

 

[warubozu]

Wow, big difference from the pics we saw last year.

 

[gpalmer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by warubozu Wow, big difference from the pics we saw last year.

You can say that again. I wonder if the prices will drop because they're cheaper to build now.

 

[chillysalsa]

I wonder if they sound any different. I'm assuming all the same components are still used, so any differences will be in that 'last %' type.

 

[braillediver]

But if there was never a problem- Why did things change?

Yeah looks very nice. Better than looking nice it looks well thought out, nicely implemented, easy to repair, easier to inspect, with proper assembly technique repeatable from unit to unit, safer with no lose or floating parts.

What was the song- “You’ve come a long way baby”.

Congratulations those look like nicely engineered instruments.

Gentleman open your wallets.


Who’s getting the first one for listening tests?


Mitch

 

[cpw]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirosia EDIT: I wonder if the resale value of his older amps will go down and benefit us poor folk . . .

I made a prediction here some time ago that the PTP models would actually go up in price as some people will always claim the "originals" sounded better.
See it happen all the time in the electric guitar amp/effects milieu.
I guess now we'll see.
CPW
edit: now I wish I still had my PPX3 to do an A/B!

 

[doobooloo]

Very nice improvement! Kudos to Singlepower.

I like the size of that Solen...

 

[HiGHFLYiN9]

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevin gilmore Only one company left on my list that seriously needs to clean up their act. As recent pictures have shown extra components added for grounding and noise problems.

You're such a tease

 

[gpalmer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by highflyin9 You're such a tease

LOL

 

[Wmcmanus]

Mikhail sent these pics to me via email not too long ago and asked my opinion. Of course, not knowing a thing about amp construction, all I could say is that they looked great! This really does represent a huge step in the right direction, and should put Singlepower in a position to penetrate a wider market via print ads and the like. It's nice to see the approval from KG (and others) who know so much about amp design and construction.