How is everybody liking their DTA-100a?
In this post, illconditioned mentions that his has some small sound issue: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=145890.0
That happen to anybody recently?
What speakers is everybody using with the 100a amp?
Update: the channel I was having trouble with died. I cannot find any (obvious) problems on the board (cold solder, etc), but I might search harder. I really liked the sound ... when it worked. I'm in Canada, so I won't be able to (easily) return this. Shipping is something like $35 for a $100 amp!
By the way, when shopping for these amps, be careful. It looks like there are both Tripath and TI chips out there, and conflicting information on what amps use what. (Muse reports Tripath in some Ebay postings, and TI in others). The TI seems to have much more distortion than the Tripath version. The intended use of all the TI chips is things like TVs, flat panels, etc, not HIFI.
It looks like we want the Tripath TK2050 chip, which is 50Wx2, but practical up to about 30Wx2. This is what is in the Dayton box. From what I can tell, this is a higer power version of the TA series in most of the older Tripath models.
I really like the idea of a low power and clean amp, but I'll have to dig more. The other option is to buy a TK2050 kit and put it into a box myself.
Richard