stetsom and SD

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

http://audioforum.termpro.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/20/14496.html
http://audioforum.termpro.com/topic/36/682.html

found that on google.

They seem like nice amps. Only thing that wont work for me is the 15v max input charge. I charge right now at 15.6v all day long.

 

[ninjawhiteboy12 10+ year member]

those amps look to be very comperable to stetsom and sd, does anyone know about prices? Can you email them since their website is in portugese?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

All made in Brazil it seems, similar build houses?

nG

 

[dtbrown 10+ year member]

All made in Brazil it seems, similar build houses?
nG

All different companies but share similar tech with their own little differences.

 

[_AnGeL_ 10+ year member]

someone should e-mail them for prices....

 

[ninjawhiteboy12 10+ year member]

I did email them but it was all in portugese so idk if they will even reply, dtbrown can you explain a little more on the differences please

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

Stetsom has been around for 20+ years and I believe SD started coming about 4 maybe 5 years ago? I'm not sure though so dont quote me on that.

From comparing boards, they dont look any different, only thing I could point out was that SoundDigital uses less of the electric grease.

 

[ninjawhiteboy12 10+ year member]

I also emailed a rep or owner of taramps so i will keep everyone updated

 

[ninjawhiteboy12 10+ year member]

they still have not emailed me back, does anyone know the differences between Stetsom, SD, and Taramps?

They all look to be of the same design with minor differences, but im not sure..

 

[murilo 10+ year member]

Stetsom has been around for 20+ years and I believe SD started coming about 4 maybe 5 years ago? I'm not sure though so dont quote me on that.
From comparing boards, they dont look any different, only thing I could point out was that SoundDigital uses less of the electric grease.

I'll show you SounDigital 2500 and Stetsom 2k5 internals.

SOUNDIGITAL

STETSOM

we firmly believe that the difference is very big, and our amplifier has a PWM power supply.

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

Why only 2 rectifier diodes in the Soundigital amp? Seems like it would need 4 like the Stetsom. I see a few more rail and primary b+ caps in the SD amp. I would suspect similar performance though.

Can you ship me a SD2500 to test? Maybe a broken one and I will repair it in exchange for letting me test it?

 

[murilo 10+ year member]

Why only 2 rectifier diodes in the Soundigital amp? Seems like it would need 4 like the Stetsom. I see a few more rail and primary b+ caps in the SD amp. I would suspect similar performance though.
Can you ship me a SD2500 to test? Maybe a broken one and I will repair it in exchange for letting me test it?

don't forget the transformers...

Sorry, we don't have anything broken...

 

[dB-r 10+ year member]

Yep, I see the visual difference having 2 large ones vs 1 large one should make it take longer to saturate it. Not sure if the output section would be able to switch any additional current it might produce however. If you don't have a broken one, send me one that works, a used one. I would like to play around with it for a couple days.

 

[Savag3 10+ year member]

stetsom always "looks" shabby inside to me

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

Stetsom fails. I haven't got to play with a SD yet, I'd like to.