sladd Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 Lånat från den internationella pressreleasen: Beowulf monaural amplifier by Bladelius The Beowulf monaural amplifier is a milestone in amplifier design. The combination of bi-polar and MOSFET power devices in one chassie have never been realised before and creates great advantages in music reproduction and control of bi-wired or bi-amplified speaker systems. Basically the Beowulf is two power amplifiers in one chassie. One amplifier section, based on bipolar power devices, is optimized to handle low frequency information, while the other amplifier section, based on MOSFET power devices, is optimized to handle high frequency information. Normally this is undoable, but thanks to a very careful matching of power devices in time domain, timbre and tonal balance, the Beowulf handles the changeover from the low frequency amplifier section to the high frequency section without any audible disadvantages. Every power amplifier section is capable of delivering 450W in 8 Ohms, 900W in 4 Ohms and 1800W in 2 Ohms continuously. This immense strength is realised thanks to the huge switch mode power supply capable of supplying the amplifier sections with more than 10kVA of power. Beowulf is a very versatile design that offers the possibility to either use the amplifier in a bi-wired speaker configuration or with an external crossover for bi-amplified speaker configuration. Bladelius Design Group was established in 1994 and is located in Alingsås, Sweden. The company was founded by Mike Bladelius, formerly chief engineer at Threshold during 1990-1994 and consulting chief engineer at Classé Audio during 1994-1995. The company has two divisions, one manufacturing and one consulting. As a consulting company Bladelius Design Group have designed products for several hifi companies, one of the latest assignments are for Primare Systems. Since 1995 Bladelius Design Group has produced products under its own labels, Advantage, S.A.T* and Bladelius. Technical information: Power: Total of 900W in 8 ? (450w + 450W) doubling down to under 1 ?. Power supply: 10kVA custom made switch mode power supply. Inputs: 2 RCA inputs for unbalanced configuration and 2 XLR inputs for balanced configuration. Outputs: 4 sets of WBT Safety Line speaker terminals (2 sets for hi frequency reproduction, 2 sets for low frequency reproduction). Dimensions: (dxwxh) 59x27x53 (cm) Weight: 55 kg net each. Pris 270 000:-/par Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.