Ha! Bat amps, schmat amps!

My father had a kenner close-and-play.

Not really, but he did buy a Magnavox monstrosity: console with color TV, AM, FM stereo, record changer. THE WORKS in a beeeeeeeeeee-uuuuuuu-teeeeeeee-ful console cabinet with fake (not faux, even tackier than faux) wood speaker grilles.

This was my introduction to the world of audio. This fine piece os @#%%$ made such an impression in me: I just KNEW that there had to be better than this and I started out to find it. The magnavox's video left an even more negative scar/impresion: one that I am just starting to recover from. Where's my therapist?

Oh, well. Back to the model 200.

Scott's latest response poses at least as much questions as it answeres. I clearly understand amplifiction classes A, AB, B and C. Beyond C, I have not kept up with the various classes because so many producs are mis-labeled as to what digital or analog trickery class-du-jour it is. The marketing department had as much, or more, to say as to what class the product would be alleged to be in as did the engineering department.

In regards to the model 200 and it's class AB mode of operation, at what voltage output level does it leave class A mode? I thought this would be a good point to sneak in a serious question.

I think a white paper on the model 200 is in order: to explain what class G is, at least as far as Outlaw Audio is concerned. If memory serves me correctly, essentially class G involves switching to a higher voltage power supply(s) when the output of the amp becomes big enough to require it. I vaguely recall several Japanese companies doing something along these lines in the late 70s to mid 80s. With modern power semiconductors, I would expect the result to be much better: the 2uSec switching speed seems to indicate this, as long as the magnitude of any switching glitches within the 2uSec time period are held to reasonably low amplitudes.

Class D is a switching amp. I don't know what happened to letters E and F. I'm shure that other letters are used, such as H and T, for other classes of amps. Well, anyways, the model 200 sounds like a very interesting product.

Paul

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