The Trends Audio TA-10 AMP |
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There is a new little T-Amp on market. It's called the TA-10 by Trends Audio in Hong Kong. I have one of these amps and have modified it. You can read more below, or follow the link to the modifications. |
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Right out of the box the amp sounds very good, big and bold. The high end is noticeably smooth. The amp comes with a switch mode power supply and IEC power cord selected for your country. The power supply is almost as big as the amp. I like that. =) Trends Audio seems to be well named, they have picked all the good trends in T-Amp building and put them into their amp. It has film type input caps, aircore inductors for the output filter, polyester caps for almost everything else, and even a DC offset null (1st done by yours truly). The TA-10 even has jumpers to bypass the volume pot if you use a preamp. Trends Audio have also done a good thing in supplying the chip with a healthy solder slug to act as a heatsink. Right on! When I 1st read about and saw the photos of the amp, I thought there were so many good ideas inside that maybe modifying would not be needed or would be too difficult. Wrong! There is certainly room for improvement. =) I have now posted my ideas on what to do and how. The bottom line at the moment. The amp is well worth its $129 price tag and may respond well to some modifications. If you are thinking of modifying a Sonic Impactor Super-T, you should take a good look at this amp. |
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