Sonic Impact T-Amp giant killer?

thanks Gmood1. the main comment that caught my eye was that the Clari T eclipsed the battery powered T amp. one shouldn't even consider the battery powered T amp--just with a big outboard power supply. even then the outlay still wouldn't exceed $75 (15% the cost of the Clari T). one must factor the extreme price differential into the comparison. now don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to start a pissing contest here. i'm sure both products (as well as the Teac) are excellent, and there's always going to be that drive for an "audiophile" version of more basic (albeit excellent in their own right) products. i can only say personally that i am not in the least compelled to audition a Clari T at this point in time, but am very interested in keeping abreast of others thoughts and impressions. that may change. my congrats to vinnie for pursuing his passion.

No contest intended my friend. As with all things one must equate what things are worth to him or herself. Being this is a special production peice, the designer has to make a living somewhere.It's no different with any other audio component. There has to be some mark up.Have you taken a look at the Final Labs Music 5 and 6 gear? The battery powered amplifier alone is $3250.00.You still need a preamp..another $3250.00 LOL. I think we are on the same page.Simplicity is where it's at for me right now as well.

Good Listening!

Looks like the TriPath control module is getting some respect. Give it a real power supply and output devices and you got a CarverPro ZR1600 amp which does the same things at 600 watts per channel, for about a grand.

My take is that the Sonic Impact "gets it" about digital amps...good performance at very low cost. On the other hand the Clari T looks like a very neat packaging job, but priced with the (somewhat gullible) audiophile market in mind. I suspect that both will find success in their respective markets.

Yeap your right Eldartford.The Carver does do some things like the Clari T amp.But and this is a big BUT, the Clari T doesn't have the noise floor of the Carver ZR1600 or the unneeded garbage in the signal path. Two of the owners of this little gullible amplifier own the Carvers as well.Soon there will be three since I also owned the Carver ZR1600.Guess which one gets full duty in their systems! Uh...It ain't the Carver!

Gmood1...My 3 CarverPro ZR1600 amps do not have any significant "noise floor", but I did have to "diddle" more than usual to achieve this silence. Consider the following suggestions:

1..Use the ground lift switches as required.
2..Experiment with which AC power line you use, particularly with respect to what the source components are plugged in to.
3..Adjust the input sensitivity jumpers to as low a gain as your preamp will accomodate. I use 2.45vrms for my subwoofers, and 1.23vrms for the low efficiency MG1.6. (The factory setting is 0.775vrms, and there is also a 0.316 setting).
4..Balanced or unbalanced (20 foot) interconnects make no difference (at least in my setup).
5..If you think that the input processing circuitry (garbage) is a problem, and the built in bypass switches don't satisfy you, this stuff is easy to hard bypass with a wire.

I assume that you are not talking about the noisy cooling fan. Remote location of the amp is the only perfect fix for that, although there is a low noise fan mod.