Originally Posted By: jmone
I'm still thinking on how to drive all my speakers.... One question on the Axiom Amp is why the toroidal PS over Switch Mode PS?


This might sound like a trite answer but it's not intended that way... since AFAIK typical power amplifier power supplies are not regulated there's no inefficient linear regulator to replace, so the main application of switch-mode power supplies in power amps would be dynamically adjusting the rail voltage of a linear amplifier to reduce the amount of power being dissipated in the output transistors on average.

Since the Axiom amps are basically "switch-mode amplifiers" they can use a simple (but big-ass) power supply without burning energy up as heat anywhere.

Last edited by bridgman; 08/15/14 04:16 AM.

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