[alfa] 1's & 0's - marginal Alfa info

[alfacybersite <acs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Feeling more than a bit peeved the consensus was that vintage Beckers
are better than vintage Blaupunkts, I needed to win one for the Old
Gipper - me.

When I saw this, felt there might be hope yet:

On Tue, 18 May 2004 13:38:07 -0700 alfacybersite <acs@domain.elided>
wrote:
> True at 2 x 5 Watts, it could use a bit of hot rodding (why in this
age of ones and zeros can't someone come up with a very compact
automotive amplifier?)

um, because audio amplification is an analog concept, and the digital
revolution doesn't do much for it?

richard

*****

So's called in the big (MAC guru) gun and he answered with:

--- alfacybersite <acs@domain.elided> wrote:
>
> I know I won't win this one and didn't mean to imply  amplifiers are
digital just that we are in a digital age where most electronics keep
shrinking in size...but are or can amps be digital? What "runs" your
bass amp? [Note: George, MAC guru, is also a great bass player and has
an unique amp which is about third the size of most musician's amps].

Try a Google search for digital audio amplifier. Here is a URL for one
of the sites where they explain how digital is implemented in audio
amps.

http://www.spectronav.com/tech1.html

My bass amp is analog.

See Ya,

GB

*******

Perhaps someone could interpret the info for me, but, hey, it appears I
wasn't all that far off.

Biba
Irwindale, CA USA
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