well one reason is that the AS, you dont just open up a bottom cover and get a peek at the guts, you have to unbolt a few things and slide the entire amp out out of the metal casing (the silver thing you see is a casing/heatsink), the amp itself, with its more integral heatsink, is contained within
you want to do this carefully or you may damage something...i dont think most people wanna do that for giggles on their expensive amp i certainly dont unless i am painting the casing
I did find this thread that had some info and a pic of a 100.4 page 2 for the pic of the internals.
Actually they did send me some photo. They sent me about 20 hi res photos. What suprised me was the fact that each photo had a date taken tag the day after I sent the email.
Here's one of the photo I posted in another section:
yeah please do, make a separate thread and post what you have
for what its worth, Orca has never been shy about showing me the goods on the mosconi amps, at CES or when i ask about specifics on the phone. a good sign in my book
Actually they did send me some photo. They sent me about 20 hi res photos. What suprised me was the fact that each photo had a date taken tag the day after I sent the email.
Here's one of the photo I posted in another section:
Thats very impressive that they took pics specifically per your request....and I gladly eat my words.
This is the type of quality CS that makes me want to use a companies amps.....I'm done running old school amps and want something with a 20.. for a manufacturers date.
well one reason is that the AS, you dont just open up a bottom cover and get a peek at the guts, you have to unbolt a few things and slide the entire amp out out of the metal casing (the silver thing you see is a casing/heatsink), the amp itself, with its more integral heatsink, is contained within
you want to do this carefully or you may damage something...i dont think most people wanna do that for giggles on their expensive amp i certainly dont unless i am painting the casing
I did find this thread that had some info and a pic of a 100.4 page 2 for the pic of the internals.
Actually after looking at those pics I see what you mean about the amp sliding out and how it's built a little differently than many amps....wouldn't deter me one bit especially if my camera was in the same room.
I missed those pics from the TalkAudio site but I only searched for Gladen and not AS.....same amps though and are more than likely the amps I'll be getting rather than the Mosconi AS series....for now anyway.
Now slap me for being silly, but does anyone know if these and the older italian made Boston Acoustics amps shared a build house? The BA looks to be an extremely watered down version, but I can't help seeing similarities in the mechanical layouts of the boards and use of the unibody fan cooled heatsink. The fans in the BA also appear to be of the same manufacturer (opened up BA right in front of me).
That being said, I am in no way trying to compare the quality of BA and Mosconi/AudioSystems. I'm not an amp tech. Just pointing out the possibility these were coming from the same house. What do you all think?
Of course the caps will be different. High end vs middle of the line. I have never heard of a major pcb manufacturer that only had one option of boards or wouldn't build to spec.
Of course the caps will be different. High end vs middle of the line. I have never heard of a major pcb manufacturer that only had one option of boards or wouldn't build to spec.
I was not talking about the BA amp. I was talking about the cheap parts in the mosconi.
The BA amps shared the same build house and designer as the Audiosystems amps, and I think mosconi was tied into that somehow. There is some info on the board about it, but I do no remember where that is.
I was not talking about the BA amp. I was talking about the cheap parts in the mosconi.
The BA amps shared the same build house and designer as the Audiosystems amps, and I think mosconi was tied into that somehow. There is some info on the board about it, but I do no remember where that is.
I knew the layout looked similar. Thanks for the affirmation. On further investigation I think the BA amps may have been designed by Celestra out of Italy. Interesting, indeed.
I knew the layout looked similar. Thanks for the affirmation. On further investigation I think the BA amps may have been designed by Celestra out of Italy. Interesting, indeed.
Yes thats one inter-twined complicated mess....would make a good car audio soap opera.
shots of mosconi as200.4?
i certainly dont unless i am painting the casing 
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