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Re: A1400-8
Mojo #203704 04/10/08 12:45 AM
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So why does Axiom and others call their amps a digital design?


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Re: A1400-8
SirQuack #203706 04/10/08 12:52 AM
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Good question. I don't know the history of that one. Maybe it has to do with the fact that the FETs turn on and off really fast so for slang they call it "digital".


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Re: A1400-8
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The A1400's efficiency is proportional to the power sourced from it. So for me playing at a half watt, it's probably as efficient as a lightbulb \:\) .


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Mojo #203740 04/10/08 11:08 AM
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I didn't think light bulbs were all that efficient. They shed a lot of heat.

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Re: A1400-8
Murph #203750 04/10/08 02:03 PM
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That's right Murph. I don't know how efficient a lighbulb is exactly but it's probably less than 10%.


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Re: A1400-8
Mojo #203775 04/10/08 05:52 PM
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Not sure if the amp utilizes this or not but I think it explains where the digital in Pule width modulation comes from

http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20010821S0096


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also found this really technical guide to the Basics of class D amplifiers

http://www.irf.com/technical-info/appnotes/an-1071.pdf


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The International Rectifier discussion is excellent, but the embedded link doesn't use the term "digital" in the generally accepted manner, and some might say is simply incorrect. Pulse Width Modulation of a continuous analog waveform doesn't involve any digital sampling, and although the max/min appearance of the PWM waveform has been said to be "digital-like" in appearance, it's still just a modulated continuous analog waveform. The analog waveform "concealed" within the PWM waveform is revealed when the low-pass filter removes the PWM frequency and its harmonics, leaving the original analog waveform.


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Re: A1400-8
JohnK #203853 04/11/08 04:37 AM
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Yeah, that's right. I think some marketeer called this "digital" to be "hip" with the times. That's the difference between architecture and marchitecture \:\) .


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