D-Fend
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D-Fend
I've been keeping an eye on these things. Think maybe it's time to jump. Would be perfect for the tubas/titans. And I believe they're going to be pretty affordable. There are several more videos, but nothing blows up in them.
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Re: D-Fend
They won't be available until October at the earliest. They had to change them to incorporate a USB port, otherwise the average user couldn't program them. AFAIK the retail will be in the vicinity of $50.
Re: D-Fend
Does this go in line between the amp and driver?
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Nice!
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Inside the cabinet, runs from speaker line voltage. An external model is in the works.
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Re: D-Fend
Does the dfend unit die when it sees that kind of voltage? ( haven't read up on it yet) I wonder how it sounds - if you can hear it working.
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Re: D-Fend
there are several videos but they do not quite explain other function than a protection circuitry (it is a signal processor also ?? ie xover maybe a phase correction like bbe maximizer )
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Re: D-Fend
Around $50? What an investment! I do have 1U open in my rack, so a d-fend that's rackmountable would be sweet!
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In one of the videos they dump a 6k lab gruppen into at clip. No ill effects to the driver or the circuit.
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Re: D-Fend
I didn't hear him say where all of that power is actually going. I wonder if they've tested it for hours straight.LelandCrooks wrote:In one of the videos they dump a 6k lab gruppen into at clip. No ill effects to the driver or the circuit.
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Re: D-Fend
apparently this isn't "dissapitive" blowed if I know how it does it but sooooo clever.
253, views on that vid, obviously breaking news eh Leland! It'll be all over the interweb in a week.
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253, views on that vid, obviously breaking news eh Leland! It'll be all over the interweb in a week.
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I got the impression the excess power is diverted to another chip that essentially ramps up to infinite resistance. Just like the amp is unhooked from a load. When I first talked to tech at eminence about them they told me it's very musical, not abrupt or choppy at all like a limiter/compressor can be.
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Jeeeez the guy is boring tho! I couldn't be bothered sitting thru it all! I didn't even get to the technical bit. Suppose I'll try again tomorro.
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Re: D-Fend
Rental company's wet dream. Brilliant!
I found it quite informative. That's only 10 minutes. Try five years for a BS.Dave Non-Zero wrote:Jeeeez the guy is boring tho! I couldn't be bothered sitting thru it all!
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Re: D-Fend
Would that give a valve amp the heebie jeebies?LelandCrooks wrote:I got the impression the excess power is diverted to another chip that essentially ramps up to infinite resistance. Just like the amp is unhooked from a load. When I first talked to tech at eminence about them they told me it's very musical, not abrupt or choppy at all like a limiter/compressor can be.