Virtual Salon

165 W Stereo Amp

Exciting news from Luminance audio.  Virtual Dynamics has been aiding in the sale of a new audio product.  The KST-150 from Luminance audio is an advanced technology amplifier circuit that is surely stirring the audio industry and audiophiles with its rave reviews.  Sam Tellig from Stereophile boasted the amplifier should be a class A recommended component, and argued that the amplifier would be a marvel even if it sold for 18,000 dollars.  He suggested that at this price point the KST-150 would force the audio industry to a standing ovation.

The KST-150, as you may be aware, sells currently for $3000, truly a very unique product for audio amplification.  Luminance is joining forces with Virtual Dynamics. Steve Keiser has supplied a very unique circuit for  Virtual Dynamics to implement and build another amplifier around.

Of course, as can be expected I guess from Steve Keiser, the amplifier boasts unbelievable performance capabilities that include 165 W continuous into 8 ohms from 20 hz to 20khz, doubling to 330w at 4 ohms.  This amplifier circuit provides less than .1 % total harmonic distortion, even at full rated power up until clipping.

Intermodulation distortion is less than 0.04 %. 

The slewing rate, responsible quite directly for how many driver modulations a speaker can make, is rated at 300 Volts per microsecond.  This is in the vicinity of 6 times standard speed for audiophile components with similar circuitry.

The frequency response is an absolutlely stunning 0 Hz or "DC" to 700 kHz.   This makes the amplifier capable of producing frequencies at 35 times the industry standard of 20 Hz to 20kHz.

Square wave rise time is measured at 1 microsecond.

The amplifier was tested for the ability to drive capacitive loads and it was measured to less than 5% overshoot on a ten kilohertz square wave into 5 microFarads.

The damping factor relates to an amplifiers ability to recover its power. It is rated at 1000 at 50 Hz.  The out put impedance of the amplifier is rated at .2 Ohms and the input impedance at 20 kOhms.  The efficiency of operation of the output stage is 90%, which means that it wastes less than 10% of the total incoming energy.

The quiescent bias current of output stage is rated at 200 milliamp.  The amplifier features a driver stage of push-pull complimentary cast-coated topology for maximum bandwidth and linearity.

Absolutely no overall feedback at 20kHz and above.

Although most people wouldn't understand all of these specs it is well noted that an understanding of each one of these performance factors is critical in making an amplifier perform at reproducing music accurately.

This circuit is exemplary in every fashion.  It does everything incredibly well.  It leaves no stone unturned and no parameter of amplification untouched.  Steve's circuit will be combined with much of the technology that Rick Schultz has been using in Virtual Dynamics Audio cables for the past several years.

Rick actually started applying his base technologies in audio equipment, not audio cables, and has been doing so for around ten years.

The abilities that are given in designing a circuit with Virtual Dynamics in mind from the start will make it possible for us to show the credibility  and essential need for these technologies to be employed in all audio equipment.

The chassis has been designed, the circuit boards are being made and we are about 60 days away from having the completed product.  it will not be until this time that the circuit can be re-measured to show the virtues of our technology, but we expect that even though this is a remarkably performing amplifier that both the sonic attributes and the specifications should dramatically improve.  If you are interested in being one of the first to own maybe one of the highest technology amplifiers ever made we hope to be able to offer this amplifier for just under 40,000 dollars US.

Pre-orders available Immediately.

Keep Your Ears tuned,

Rick Schultz

Genesis 1.1

I guess I never really introduced Genesis 1.1 to most of you,so I'll start with that.  For those of you that are curious about why Virtual Dynamics would have such a crazy cable available for its customers.  First, it is available, indeed, but I have talked a few people out of buying it.  Why?  Often audio is a part of our lives but does not dictate our life.  Genesis is one of those products that is going to dictate that you make an investment into it, like we have, not only financially, but also in handling this product.  It is a product that is truly unique in a world of similar things.

Genesis is not to be confused with audio cable!  I would hope, if you've experienced Virtual Dynamics, that you wouldn't compare any of our products to audiophile cabling, but Genesis takes a giant leap towards the commitment to letting everything else be compromised but the sound.

If you have been in tune to the word that Virtual Dynamics is trying to help audiophiles with by spreading you'll know we believe that there is one thing in a conductor itself that matters beyond everything else, and it is the single most important thing that can currently be done to allow more signal to flow through and audio cable, that thing is to increase the gauge size of the conductor.

So, allow yourself to imagine a conductor with enough current carrying capability to allow 10 times the amount of electrical energy to run through it and then use this cable to carry signal.

That is exactly what Genesis is about.  It starts with the rediculous.  We wanted to try and see what would happen if we were to use the simplest theory in physics to build what was supposed to be the very best conductor that you could get.  What makes this conductor so special?  Well, it is 10 times more conductive than a 16 gauge wire.  A 16 gauge wire is larger than most stock power cords.  It is incredibly large for use as a conductor in an interconnect.  It is capable of carrying as much as 22 amps when used for internal wiring on a chassis.  A 16 gauge is considered by most, in our industry, to be a pretty big wire to build an interconnect from, and would make for a nice flexible cable.

However, the 6 gauge solid core conductor found in Genesis interconnects, speaker cables and power cords can carry up to 101 amps, has a conductor diameter of 4.11 mm and rates at a resistance of only 0.3951 Ohms per thousand feet, and 1.295928 Ohms per Kilometer.  You could use this cable successfully to connect your cd player to your friends audio system across a small town like Barrhead, Alberta.

So, let me help to put this in perspective for you, as of course, this is a Virtual Dynamics forte.  If you were to have a direct comparison running a 16 gauge wire 321 feet is the same as running a 6 gauge wire 0.62 miles, or approximately 2/3 Mile. The ratio is 10:1.

Now remember that even though we are talking distances , these distances are directly related to and making comparison to, resistance of the actual cable.  So let's say by using a conductor that was 99.99999999999999 pure we managed to get, let's say, 102% conductive, I realize this is hypothetical, and maybe a tad aggressive to think that copper purity could make that much difference, but let's just say that it could.  Even if you were to use this awesome conductor it would still only conduct 1/10 the amount of signal that Linipur 6 gauge Genesis wire already does.

Sitting here and thinking about it as an audiophile I've got a deep hearted and throaty Oooohaha, how bout you?  I'd have to think that as an audiophile this is the kind of stuff that is exciting to us.  How do I make my audio system better?  Physics buddy, physics... gotta love the math.

Now, I will tell you, Genesis only starts here, it is the core and the heart, but it is far from the major technology behind the Genesis audio cable product.

So  I urge you to think about this one thing, don't you want to hear the Genesis 1.1.  If you are not drooling as you read this you are not an audiophile. :-)

Please stay tuned, we'll tell you more about Genesis very shortly, or give us a call right now!  It's toll free, don't be shy, your ears will love you for it. 1-877-347-4489

Keep your ears tuned,

Rick Schultz