October - 2016

NEWS

Coming soon...So Our New Laser Engraver has Arrived for Marking the Rear Panel Lettering.

So another step in improving the product is to laser engrave the rear panel with all the relevant markings and information. Our Nord Hypex NCore NC400 and NC500 amplifiers will now look good from the back as the front. Again its a step to keep everything in house in order to minimize costs and stock holding whilst maintaining flexibility. This helps us keep costs low and ensure we always have stock of parts on hand in order to produce a finished wonderful sounding Class D Nor

Nord Power Amp + Device with Digital Volume Control, Cambridge CXN, Sonos Connect, DAC, OPO105 etc.

So a few years ago DAC's fell out of favor, now they are everywhere with the arrival of streamed digital music. Same goes with power amplifiers, Integrated amplifiers become the fashion. With only serious Audiophiles going for the Pre-amplifier, power amplifier route. More boxes more expense and you had to buy additional cables, which ones? Now with the advent of digital music streamed, we have Streamers with DAC's and digital volume control. Even many DAC's now come with dig

Why don't we use linear PSU's?

Good question, I recently saw on a DIY forum folks discussing the merits of linear or SMPS for Hypex NCore based amps. First of all my view is that the best sound from Hypex NCore NC500 modules is with the recommended SMPS1200A700. A USA based company is recently offering a new range of multi channel NCore amps at around 200W per channel. A closer look at the spec sees they are using a linear PSU. So they must be NCore NC500 amp modules? Why only 200W? and why Linear PSU? Wi

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FEATURED

12V Trigger Option Coming Soon with Zero power consumption in standby.

Pre Amp Up & Running

Sonic Imagery Labs Op Amp

Our new Prototype Nord One Pre Amp

New CNC up and running at last. Much better, faster with a good improvement in finish.

First Batch of Nord One UP's ready for Shipment.

New Nord Buffers glowing Hypex V Regulators complete with Burson V5

Buffer boards go into production, new board tested and work fine, phew I have 150 of them!

Nord One UP Hypex Ncore NC500 Input buffer board PCB's Arrive tomorrow

PCB's arrive!!!!

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