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Technical presentation
Amplifier
CLASS AP100 is the first ge eratio of this
amplifier.
The amplifier is desig ed to provide maximum
sou d quality. All i puts a d speaker co ectio s
are gold plated a d of the highest quality.
A powerful toroidal tra sformer co tributes to a
effective power supply. Four power output
tra sistors per cha el make it possible to ha dle
high curre ts.
The first ge eratio is ow built by modules (for
future developme t) a d has got a lot of ew
compo e ts with improved quality.
Class A/Class AB
The amplifier ca be switched betwee class A a d
AB. This mea s you do ot always
A mode if ot feasible.
CLASS A MODE
Class A mode i creases the
the output tra sistors to achieve the best possible
performa ce.
The amplifier draws a lot of power
eve whe idli g, creati g lots of heat dissipatio
maki g it very hot.
CLASS AB MODE
Class AB is the sta dard operati g mode amo g
co ve tio al amplifiers. The maximum output
power is radically higher tha i Class A mode.
This mode is suitable whe you wa t to play loud
for lo g periods. The risk of ove
co siderably lower tha with class A operatio .
Class A mode uses a higher omi al
quiesce t curre t through the output
stage, which i tur produces more heat
dissipatio . The output tra sistors heat
the cooli g si k, a d the temperature is
measured by a se sor, feedi g the
i formatio back to the output stage, thus
regulati g the bias.
There is a butto for cha gi g betwee
A/AB o the fro t pa el.
Cabinet
The ew cabi et, with softer cor ers, is almost
completely made from solid al
the quality impressio as well as the mecha ical
stiff ess.
Outer i terfere ce is effectively shielded, a d the
alumi i
um co tributes to spreadi g the heat
ge erated i side. This improves the
dissipatio , cooli g for the amplifier better.
