hypex electronics plate amps

Been reading up on the hypex plate amplifiers. Does anyone have any experience with these as far as sound and or the dsp software?

I have no hands on experience but Bruno Putzey is very highly regarded. His class d amps use a novel topology.

JR

well I know of a few diy members who have used other items in the hypex line, wondering how the all in one plate amps stack up.

They are all basically the same technology.  I've used pretty much every variation in DIY, commercial OEM stuff with PMC (who I do some work with) and in other brands such as the Grimm LS1.

I've never used the software the design filters but I will be doing so in the coming weeks for a large 3 way experiment I have going on (interestingly  I have access to a Lake, a Bryston 10B and will be be purchasing the Hypex DLCP DSP platform too).

Word on the street is that all of the existing Hypex DSP products will be compatible with new software that is currently in beta.  There are stability improvements, workflow and the addition of FIR filters (which I would ignore in 99 out of 100 cases).

Cheers,
Ruairi

right on. I am less concerned with the dsp as I am planning to use these with existing  speakers that already have the crossovers built in. I talked with hypex, they were very informative and friendly.  will be using their stuff in the near future for amps.  they were able to answer my questions of just so that I understand correctly I can do.... . Price is nice too.  full steam ahead with this project.

Read Bruno's white paper on the design of the Grimm LS1, his illustration of the strengths and weaknesses of DSP crossovers is fascinating.

My new project is based around six UCD400OEM but I've heard them all from the UCD180 to the bigger Ncore, they are all class leaders for the money IMO.

excellent read for sure....

I see some hypex modules in my future.

I use the ucd180 amps with my PMC speakers.  Although not the plate amps I can recommend the company and the amps.  Cheap & very good.

The plate amps are effectively the same modules repackaged and hardwired to the DSP crossover. 

ruairioflaherty said:

The plate amps are effectively the same modules repackaged and hardwired to the DSP crossover.

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Exactly !  They are cheap for the sound quality too.