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    Rocking the Boat : Nord Hypex NC1200 Signature Amplifier

    Hello, the price difference between the PNC2K and PNC1200 is purely based on larger enclosures of the PNC2K and more expensive NC2K modules that produce more power. The PNC1200 has a bit lower harmonic distortion and sounds better in my opinion while the PNC2K is quite close sound wise to the...
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    Rocking the Boat : Nord Hypex NC1200 Signature Amplifier

    I would not agree that all these "improvement statements" from Mr. Schulz regarding our PNC1200 amplifiers will be actual audible improvements. We have done a lot of testing before releasing our premium amplifiers. Regarding the safety aspect. We sell a lot of amplifiers and we build them...
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    Rocking the Boat : Nord Hypex NC1200 Signature Amplifier

    You do not want to lose all that goodness by using stock fuses, switches, ordinary wire, relays, ordinary connectors, etc We don't use ordinary wire or ordinary connectors. Pins in the JST connectors that are on the Hypex power supplies and NC1200 module are pure copper and the fuses are not...
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    Rocking the Boat : Nord Hypex NC1200 Signature Amplifier

    Yes I have listened to the 3800 watt supply on a single Purifi 1ET400A module, NC500 module and NC1200 module. The power supply is actually 3800 watt and not 3000 watt btw. The difference I heard was that with the SMPS1200 power supply the bass performance was clearly better. There is just more...
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    Rocking the Boat : Nord Hypex NC1200 Signature Amplifier

    Hello everybody, I would like to chime in and share some important facts regarding our PNC1200 amplifiers. 1. Using the Hypex SMPS3K/A700-A400 (3800 watt) power supplies with half bridge class d amplifier modules like the NC500, NC1200, Purifi 1ET400A is not the best choice. This is especially...

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