ScottFree
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Forget the t-shirts, we want the coffee cups
Like this but.... with (insert brand name here...)
I'd buy that for a dollar.
Forget the t-shirts, we want the coffee cups
Like this but.... with (insert brand name here...)
People keep forgetting how small an outfit Schiit is. They don't have someone just standing by to do T-shirt/mug art and crank out a couple hundred shirts and mugs to see how well they sell.
I got the impression both at RMAF and here that the pipeline is full of projects, and I want to see Vidar and the other Schiit, first.
In reply to USBlue's comment on my post. Were you there at the RMAF Schiit room when the one Vidar overheated? It displayed a flashing LED and that speaker went quiet. I went out to the hallway to get Jason, and he came in, looked it over, and cycled power on it. When he came out, he cheerfully said, "Well, we know the overheat protection logic works."
I suggested that a little elaboration on what the fault indicator was might be helpful -- something like a 7 segment display. The pained look on Jason's face was priceless!
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In reply to USBlue's comment on my post. Were you there at the RMAF Schiit room when the one Vidar overheated? It displayed a flashing LED and that speaker went quiet. I went out to the hallway to get Jason, and he came in, looked it over, and cycled power on it. When he came out, he cheerfully said, "Well, we know the overheat protection logic works."
I suggested that a little elaboration on what the fault indicator was might be helpful -- something like a 7 segment display. The pained look on Jason's face was priceless!
In reply to USBlue's comment on my post. Were you there at the RMAF Schiit room when the one Vidar overheated? It displayed a flashing LED and that speaker went quiet. I went out to the hallway to get Jason, and he came in, looked it over, and cycled power on it. When he came out, he cheerfully said, "Well, we know the overheat protection logic works."
I suggested that a little elaboration on what the fault indicator was might be helpful -- something like a 7 segment display. The pained look on Jason's face was priceless!
It will be very, very hard to get the production Vidars to do this--where the show design ran 93 degrees C, the new design runs at 52 degrees C. No kidding.
Always good to hear. We test a lot of our electronics in (among other things) a small environmental chamber where we can control temp and humidity and the temp swing can be from -40 C to 40 C. FAA stuff and all that. Do you guys have a chamber like that?
Hah! I bet. A picture would have been priceless. I've had the pleasure of meeting Jason extremely briefly at a couple of shows. A very nice man, and I can picture the look.
I work in a regulated environment as well (Medical Device, and FDA is every bit as strict as FAA, if not more so) and we do a lot of this type of testing.
I'd imagine - however - with the risks associated with failure being so much lower with a consumer device they don't have to go to as great lengths in testing.
Rather than a regulatory requirement, it becomes a cost/benefit assessment. What is the cost of doing the testing, vs. how high is the risk of a recall, and if a recall is needed how much is the total cost (physical, as well as in reputation/goodwill).
That being said, I've never worked in consumer electronics (or any consumer products at all) so this is just my outright guess.
I emphasized the important words. I just wonder because 93 C is awfully hot. And there's only so much failure testing you can do with a heat gun. I'm glad the amp will run much cooler now, but you should be able to test the fault protection logic somehow. Even an insulated box with a couple reptile lights might do.