Pathos InpolRemix 10 watt amplifier

[acalex]

I'm not saying that at all. All amps clip if you play them too loudly. And if you want to play Bolero loudly, this is not the amp for you. Does a Mondeo stop being a five-star car because it doesn't do 200+ or gets stuck in muddy fields?

That's actually a very good point. Not every amp is done for ALL types of music...

 

[steve_1979]

As I said before, how often do you use more than the first watt?

and as I said before:

When listening to music at normal listening levels you only use a fraction of a watt most of the time but you also need to have plenty in reserve for the short instantaneous peaks which do require lots of power.

You need more than 1 watt every time there is a dynamic peak in the music. As a percentage this may only a small porportion of the overall time but these dynamic peaks do happen very often.

For example:

A song may have a 0.1 second long drum beat that plays once every 2 seconds. This is only 5% of the overall time but you still need to have power in reserve for this large dynamic peak that happens once every 2 seconds.

 

[Anonymous]

Does a Mondeo stop being a five-star car because it doesn't do 200+ or gets stuck in muddy fields?

Yes, when it costs £100k.

EDIT A amplifier is intended to take a signal, amplify it with as little distortion as it can and do so into a speaker load. Finding a amplifier to drive a speaker is an engineering problem that can be solved. When you look at amps like this it does make you wonder what the designers have in mind. If they intend to drive very sensitive speakers, then fine, job done. Expecting it to sensibly drive 86 dB W m Dynaudios seems a bit odd. I've heard several k's worth of Conrad Johnson kit driving some Dynaudio Focus 110 speakers and it was nice up to the point of turning up the wick. Then it got a bit wooly. Seeing as volume requires volts, I can't see how 10W can do these Dyns any justice at all.

 

[chebby]

Never mind all the other concerns, what really matters is that it's hugely ugly in a deliberate "let's work really hard to make it ugly" sort of way (rather than the usual 'ugly due to the manufacturer's genuine ignorance of good design' that most hi-fi suffers from).

It is ugly²

 

[steve_1979]

What if you don't listen to music with dynamic peaks? We get it, you like Bolero

Lot's of music has large dynamic peaks. Bolero was just a suitable example.

And if you want to play Bolero loudly, this is not the amp for you.

I'm not talking about window shaking volume levels. A 10 watt amp couldn't play Bolero at a sensible volume level without clipping.

 

[WinterRacer]

John, have you heard this amp and thought it good or something else?

 

[chebby]

Who on Earth (of those old enough to remember Torvill & Dean mania) will want to listen to Ravel's 'Bolero' ever again?

 

[WinterRacer]

That's actually a very good point. Not every amp is done for ALL types of music...

Don't you think a good amp (say one with 5 stars and costing £4k for example) should be able to handle ALL kinds of music, rather than just horribly compressed music with no dynamic range?

 

[chebby]

Shouldn't that have been Igglebert's turn?

 

[CnoEvil]

Never mind all the other concerns, what really matters is that it's hugely ugly in a deliberate "let's work really hard to make it ugly" sort of way (rather than the usual 'ugly due to the manufacturer's genuine ignorance of good design' that most hi-fi suffers from).

It is ugly²

This Ugly Duckling could turn out to be a Swan.....all it needs is a fair hearing (pun intended).

 

[moon]

What if you don't listen to music with dynamic peaks? We get it, you like Bolero

Lot's of music has large dynamic peaks. Bolero was just a suitable example.

And if you want to play Bolero loudly, this is not the amp for you.

I'm not talking about window shaking volume levels. A 10 watt amp couldn't play Bolero at a sensible volume level without clipping.

What is a sensible volume level? that could vary wildly between listeners.

 

[John Duncan]

John, have you heard this amp and thought it good or something else?

No, but I'm not the one complaining about its five stars or the profit the manufacturer might make from it. I could care less about either.

 

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't that have been Igglebert's turn?

:rofl: :clap:

Oh no, sorry, I don't mean that at all.

 

[John Duncan]

That's actually a very good point. Not every amp is done for ALL types of music...

Don't you think a good amp (say one with 5 stars and costing £4k for example) should be able to handle ALL kinds of music, rather than just horribly compressed music with no dynamic range?

No, not really.

Are you saying that all music that isn't Ravel's Bolero is horribly compressed music with no dynamic range?

 

[WinterRacer]

That's actually a very good point. Not every amp is done for ALL types of music...

Don't you think a good amp (say one with 5 stars and costing £4k for example) should be able to handle ALL kinds of music, rather than just horribly compressed music with no dynamic range?

No, not really.

Are you saying that all music that isn't Ravel's Bolero is horribly compressed music with no dynamic range?

There we differ, I'd expect a good amp to handle all music competently and of course I didn't mean all music that isn't Ravel's Bolero has no dynamic range, but you already knew that didn't you?

 

[CnoEvil]

Who on Earth (of those old enough to remember Torvill & Dean mania) will want to listen to Ravel's 'Bolero' ever again?

I associate it with the film "10".....which makes me older again.

 

[acalex]

That's actually a very good point. Not every amp is done for ALL types of music...

Don't you think a good amp (say one with 5 stars and costing £4k for example) should be able to handle ALL kinds of music, rather than just horribly compressed music with no dynamic range?

No, not really.

Are you saying that all music that isn't Ravel's Bolero is horribly compressed music with no dynamic range?

There we differ, I'd expect a good amp to handle all music competently and of course I didn't mean all music that isn't Ravel's Bolero has no dynamic range, but you already knew that didn't you?

I also do not agree on this. I am actually home demoeing a stunning tube amps which is "only" 30W and it truly shines with only a specific type of music...and it's definitely more expensive than 4k GPB. I perfectly know its limits but that doesn't matter as I am also listening to THAT specific type of music only...but the sound it produces on THAT particular type of music has not equal (or for now I didn't find at the same price level). Still I would rate that an amazing 5stars amp

 

[Dave_]

Slow night on church of AVI i take it?

 

[FennerMachine]

Isn't 10W its RMS rating?

What can/does it peak at?

Perhaps it has a little more grunt for dynamics?

 

[steve_1979]

Isn't 10W its RMS rating?

What can/does it peak at?

Perhaps it has a little more grunt for dynamics?

Good point.

 

[John Duncan]

There we differ

And not only there, I suspect.

I'd expect a good amp to handle all music competently

Let me know what that amp is then.

of course I didn't mean all music that isn't Ravel's Bolero has no dynamic range, but you already knew that didn't you?

On that one, I actually have no idea what you were saying, since you seem to be equating all music with no dynamic range with being horrible. What's the dynamic range of an acoustic guitar?

 

[John Duncan]

Slow night on church of AVI i take it?

Hey, I *love* flashmobs.

 

[John Duncan]

Actually, here's a question for you Steve; what sounds worse - this amp or passive crossovers (like the ones in, say, Neutron Vs)?

I'll leave that one with you while I go and tie some buttered toast to a cat and drop it from a height...

 

[SteveR750]

You know the difference between 10w and 100w into the same speakers is roughly 10dB extra. Which is only really twice as loud in real life.

Twice as loud in real life is a big subjective difference!

For nearly 4 grand there must be plenty of amps of similar sonic ability that can heat your home too?

 

[Anonymous]

Well it was quite an interesting discussion until it was turned, yet again, into another anti-AVI agenda. Why so defensive? What's the problem? Why not just have a discussion instead of the vitriol?