bullcrap again... are you guessing at this stuff, or has someone been
spinning you stories?

Blaupunkt "buys" amps that use Tripath chips from a factory in Asia ...
the factory buys the chips from Tripath, or their parts distributor.
Tripath amps are a modified class D design, and Tripath is a wholely
separate company, nothing to do with Blade. Tripath created and owns
their designs, and they make chips for what they call "class T" amps
which use a digital conversion to the input signal and then use that to
steer the power supply for better efficiency and a wider usable
frequency bandwidth.

Blade was a brand owned by Indigo, a Canadian company. Blade amps used a
technology they called "BASH" which essentially was an analog solution
that allowed the input signal to be delayed long enough to use it to
steer the power supply rails so the amp didn't have full rail voltage
except during peaks. Very efficient, so you got class AB sonic
characteristics with class D efficiency.

They're still selling the stuff to home audio companies for powered
subwoofers, if you look around you'll see "BASH" specified on the amp
spec for a couple of products.

JD

David wrote:

Yeah, I understand that Blaupunkt purchased/licensed the 'tri-path'
technology from Blade amps (from Canada) several years ago. The Blaupunkt
models can be removed from the plastic and installed without much (if any!)
ventilation...

David
UnderTheDash.com


"Mike" wrote in message
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Take a look at Blaupunkt




--

Mike


"Monte Kay" wrote in message
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Hi everyone...

Are there any tiny compact car amplifiers out there? I once bought I


think


it was a Nakamichi amp about 14 watt's/ch as I recall that was only a


little


bigger than a pack of cigarettes. Does anything like that exist today?

Thanks,
Monte