370.00 for each one and new led meter lamps and they give you a 3 year warranty which is more than when they were new . I need to recalibrate probably tomorrow as iam running off the old calibration . Totally disassembled all new parts and washed and polished inside and out and reflow of any solder that looked iffy . 3 year warranty parts and labor . I looked hard at Buckeye amps and a few other brands but cost wise this was more cost effective for me and I knew they would sound really good . And they do .
Nice. 3Yr warranty is longer than some brand new amps.
Agreed that was a selling point too there are some that have even longer I looked at but yea 3 years is great .Nice. 3Yr warranty is longer than some brand new amps.
Standard safe testing procedure. Those clips are connected to dropping resistors. Powerful amps at power have high voltages at the speaker terminals.
Part of my question involves the use of the banana plugs AND alligator clips.
If you look closely you can see those banana plugs have dropping resistors attached. Using those alligator clips is standard practice. There is nothing unusual or irregular in that picture.
Those on not dummy loads they are to drop voltage to connect safely to other tests equipment like a scope, distortion analyzers. That is not a power test in the picture.
Iam not sure this stuff is out of my knowledge range but there testing something lol . On a side note I have seen these clips before on test equipment rigged up just like this for probably just the tests you described .
How can you know this if the photo doesn't show test equipment? Test leads, sure, but I didn't see other equipment. And, as an example, the BPI distortion analyzer has a button next to the channel selectors with 'Load IN/Out', while every scope I have seen has a control for V/Division which, by design, allows a wide range of voltage to be displayed on the screen in a usable way. If 450+VDC plate voltage can be viewed, why would ~55VAC be a problem (375W@8 Ohms)?
I'm sure they are dropping resistors. This is just how you do it. I have done similar many times. There is nothing out of order here, so give it a rest.
I'm not arguing about dropping resistors being used for testing, I'm saying that the silver parts are banana plugs with Nakamichi branding- zoom in and you'll see that.
I know they are banana plugs, but what is wrong or strange about that.
Nothing! Alligator clips on the speaker terminals could scratch the plastic. The use of banana plugs could also prevent cosmetic damage. Yeah... I don't understand the fuss either.
