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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 2544567" data-attributes="member: 560358">There is famous pro audio company that has different models of amplifierand different power categories so people have a nice selection to choose.I analyzed their designs.It appears they made one reference &#039;flagship&#039; design, lets call it &#039;Amplifier X&#039;.X amp series consisted of many models, lets call them x01, x02, x03, x04, x05.Those different models use the same PCB.They subtract parts from the X amp reference and scaled down the designaccording to output power.X series is the flagship.For the medium grade amp lineup, they took the X amp design and didn&#039;t populate some surfacemount electronics to remove some signal processing ability. They did some very minor capacitor tweaksalso and from this created a new line up, lets call it the Y series amp, with varying models.This is a clever design because one PCB is all you need and this saves alotof money that is not really passed on to the consumer.&nbsp; They charge premiumfor X series because it&#039;s the flagship and they charge less for the midrange lineup.The company can make more profit and these amps will be still &#039;made in the USA&#039;,otherwise if each design was unique, it would probably be sent offshore..... then last year they introduced version 2 of the medium grade amp. Lets call it Y series V2.0.They added a few things and changed the chassis design. Viola, new amp. hehe</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 2544567, member: 560358"] There is famous pro audio company that has different models of amplifier and different power categories so people have a nice selection to choose. I analyzed their designs. It appears they made one reference 'flagship' design, lets call it 'Amplifier X'. X amp series consisted of many models, lets call them x01, x02, x03, x04, x05. Those different models use the same PCB. They subtract parts from the X amp reference and scaled down the design according to output power. X series is the flagship. For the medium grade amp lineup, they took the X amp design and didn't populate some surface mount electronics to remove some signal processing ability. They did some very minor capacitor tweaks also and from this created a new line up, lets call it the Y series amp, with varying models. This is a clever design because one PCB is all you need and this saves alot of money that is not really passed on to the consumer. They charge premium for X series because it's the flagship and they charge less for the midrange lineup. The company can make more profit and these amps will be still 'made in the USA', otherwise if each design was unique, it would probably be sent offshore. .... then last year they introduced version 2 of the medium grade amp. Lets call it Y series V2.0. They added a few things and changed the chassis design. Viola, new amp. hehe [/QUOTE]

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