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But you are interested in discussing it on a forum where he can't respond to your criticisms.
Rather bad form if you ask me.
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It seems you are taking this a little bit too personally. I don't think amb was trying to kick the designer while he was down or sucker punch him. What amb pointed out is completely fair and logical. If you've ever met the guy,
carefully studied his project pages, or built his stuff, you would realize the kind of thought he puts into engineering things.
I however am quite astonished at the lack of understanding from some of you of basic engineering principles such as safety tolerances, especially for a project that is supposedly based on "objective" measurements. You can't design anything and assume "oh, people won't be doing that" or "that possibly won't happen" or "this is what people would typically do".
When I started out in this hobby, I ran a Headroom portable amp out of my DCX2496 XLR outputs. Now guess what would happen if I ran this amp that way? Probably only 3 of out 25 people would probably ever do something wierd like that. But it happens. Why not just improve upon the design instead of putting warning stickers on it: "DO NOT RUN OUT OF DESKTOP DAC" or "LIABLE TO CLIP IF BATTERIES AREN'T FULLY CHARGED"
Solving potential issues like this is what makes engineering fun, not putting your fingers in your ears and saying "la la la la la la la"
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I have 2 M^3s and have been recommending them to others for years, but I don't understand why you're making comments here and not where the designer can answer them?
Because he's addressing the general community here (and possibly the designer, who may be lurking around.) I know I certainly appreciate it. I've looked up the schematics to this amp and was intrigued by the design with the pot after the gain stage. I'm glad amb took the effort to look up the parts, analyze the design, and give us a "Danger, Will Robinson" warning. That's enough for me; I don't think amb should be expected nor responsible for finding the particular forums the designer hangs around or notifying him personally.