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

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 05:32:29 -0600, "Monte Kay"
wrote:

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



last time i saw an amp like that advertised was probbly 4 years ago

Kenwood used to make a tiny one as well.

"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...
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

Xtant has a REALLY small full-range mono amp.

Paul Vina



"Mark Zarella" wrote in message
news
Kenwood used to make a tiny one as well.

"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...
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

Sony made one a while ago, forget the model #. It was something like
###-2020, pewter grey colored.

The old Rockford punch30 is a little bigger but IMHO the best one of the
bunch.

Garrett

"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...
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

Take a look at Blaupunkt




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"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...
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

"XM" ... before it was satallite, it was a Sony amp model prefix.

JD

sanitarium wrote:

Sony made one a while ago, forget the model #. It was something like
###-2020, pewter grey colored.

The old Rockford punch30 is a little bigger but IMHO the best one of the
bunch.

Garrett

"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...


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

Check out this Xtant amplifier - know some of the team Xtant guys have
used it in IASCA competition vehicles. Heres a link:

http://www.xtant.com/html/products/xtant1.1i.cfm


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Yes, the Xtant does look nice. Class D has come a long way! For this
particular application however this is still a little large and way too much
power. What I want is something I could power with a 12 v wall wart to
drive some compact speakers to go with my laptop. I do a lot of world wide
travel for my job and sometimes watch DVD's on the laptop and well...the
built in speakers just don't cut it nor do most of the plastic PC self
powered speakers available. I'm sitting in a hotel room right this moment
in Japan typing this. I need to find some place around here and see what
they have. I'm probably going to end up having to build something however,
there are lots of hybrid IC practically self contained amplifiers that will
work fine on 12v. Something like that old Nak I had would be perfect
though. BTW, I have an Xtant (not the class D) driving the 10" sub in my
truck and it's great!

thanks for the help,
Monte

"djtim22" wrote in message
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Check out this Xtant amplifier - know some of the team Xtant guys have
used it in IASCA competition vehicles. Heres a link:

http://www.xtant.com/html/products/xtant1.1i.cfm


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You may want to call up Virtual Technologies. I think they were working
on a very tiny amplifier that puts out a lot of power.


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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




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"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...
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

The Blade Bash system and the Tripath Class "T" are completely
different designs.....

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:58:03 GMT, "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
...
Take a look at Blaupunkt




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"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...
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






Stephen Narayan | IASCA Pro Street 1-600 | IASCA Certified Judge 2003
Audio Perfection |
No System.....yup that's right.
Why not check out my car audio museum
http://canuck.audioguy.net/gear.html

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
...


Take a look at Blaupunkt




--

Mike


"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...


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

Thanks, John.

I misunderstood...

David
UnderTheDash.com


"John Durbin" wrote in message ...
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
...
Take a look at Blaupunkt




--

Mike


"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...
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

no worries... the part about the covers was dead-on!

JD

David wrote:

Thanks, John.

I misunderstood...

David
UnderTheDash.com



"John Durbin"
wrote in message ...
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
.. .


Take a look at Blaupunkt




--

Mike


"Monte Kay" wrote in message
...


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