RE: Re: In-ceiling amplifiers

["Marcus Warrington" <marcusw@xxxxxxx>]

Shane,

Thanks for following up Franks post :)

Sounds like your amp would be almost perfect for my needs. Are you thinking
building and selling them ?

Any pics ?

Marcus

>   Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:16:32 +1200
>   From: "Shane Harrison" <shane.harrison@xxxxxxx
>
>
>Yep I was actually testing it tonight.  All channels are working,
>sources appear to be switching and my MP3's are playing nicely through
>it - I'm using mp3elf's with jreceiver.
>
>I am currently using it in a rack situation as Marcus mentioned but it
>should convert to a standalone unit OK as well. Source selection (1 of
>4 on each zone) and volume is electronically adjustable.  I have made
>provision for serial RS232/RS485 control but not actually tested that
>as I use a Linet network to control it - http://www.linet-network.com.
>
>At Frank's nagging :-) I added IR to it at the last minute.
>
>Need to get a signal analyser from work and do a few noise checks but
>essentially I was going for a middle of the road amplifier for whole
>house audio rather than "Hi-Fi" quality.
>
>Not sure where to take it after I give my second prototype to Frank -
>depends on interest shown by others I guess and whether it is worth
>making some more PCB's etc.  Major issue would be power supply for most
>people I expect since 3 zones probably needs around 6 x 1.5 amps @ 40V.
>
>Cheers
>Shane