So… where to begin…
As it works with some automotive manufacturers it adopts the standards of DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015 and DIN EN ISO 14001: 2015 for all products as that is easier than having a standard for German and other car manufacturers and then a different one for its own brands
company itself has a very strict regulation, all the amps and dsps made in Germany are traceable… down to each individual part…
As it works with some automotive manufacturers it adopts the standards of DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015 and DIN EN ISO 14001: 2015 for all products as that is easier than having a standard for German and other car manufacturers and then a different one for its own brands
when they say they have hand sorted output ICs in Brax they aren’t lying, every transistor is hand sorted and measured, there is then a draw for lots which are then put together and made into individual amps so the characteristics are then the same, literally hundreds of drawers with transistors matched to three decimal places 😮 Brax are literally hand put together by a guy in a room that only has Brax parts in… really cool to see how they have made the mx4 pro, my gx2400 and all manner of other Brax amps
the caps are very special in Brax with 8 contacts to the dielectric roll inside not two like most caps, it makes for very special one of a kind very low internal resistance caps from what I recall Julian saying, by that point i
the Audio precision apx515 they use for measuring everything except Brax dsps and the rx2 pro are all over the place… the Brax get treated to the apx555 and even then the rx2pro is almost as clean as the 555 measuring itself 😮
the batch of tests each Brax amp and Dsp goes through is huge, and in the Brax room there is a series of folders with every Brax test report ever made in, literally per serial number, so if it ever goes wrong for the original owner the device can be repaired with components perfectly matched to original spec… I never ever saw one measurement be failed and often beaten by a good amount
even a simple match amplifier would be put through a barrage of tests to confirm it’s made to a standard
little known fact… look at your board in your atf product and you will find a QR code… it’s traceable to component level, what batches of what component, who made it, who performed its testing, QR codes are literally the dna of the device
the serial number on the label can be lost… the QR code cannot!
the assembly and testing room…
I also met the guy who hand builds prototypes… amazing placement of components which are grain of sand small and flows them to produce magic items, lots of rev1-6 of lots of current dsps and amps we all know and love! No pictures of his desk as there were a few new things that were being prepped
Because of all the standards above this is why it can take years to fully develop a product from concept to bringing it to market… amazing the amount of work required to bring a simple amp or whatever to market… 🤯
