Ampzilla 2000                                 ...relax & enjoy

Ampzilla was created by world famous designer, James Bongiorno in 1974. At the time, James was the director of engineering at SAE. Prior to that he had been the director of engineering at Dynaco where he created the renowned Dynaco 400. While at SAE, James conceived the concept of the full dual differential full complementary amplifier topology which has since, for the last 27 years, become the defacto world standard road map for virtually all high end power amplifiers made today. Ampzilla was originally designed as a construction project for Popular Electronics Magazine. However, the response was so overwhelming, after the rave reviews, that James left SAE to found "The Great American Sound Co. Inc." (GAS CO.). The rest was history.

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"Shock & Awe"

 

Ambrosia   

am·bro·sia [ m-brzh,-zh- ] the food of the Greek and Roman gods, something extremely pleasing to taste or smell or, in this case, to the ears. From the great mind of James Bongiorno comes his latest creation.

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 Enjoy the Music 'Best Of 2008' Blue Note Awards

Trinaural Processor

What is the trinaural processor? Simply put, it is an algebraic processor that should have been thought up and created 45 years ago— at the dawn of the stereo era. But none of us were smart enough. As predicted by Alan Blunheim’s original work on stereo reproduction (then called binaural)there is an “Achilles Heel” within the stereo composite signal itself. This is the cross-coupled error signal. Unfortunately, it must be there in order for stereo to work. However, here’s the rub. This very same “necessity” is what makes stereo, for the most part, unsatisfactory and a complete failure as a format. I have been working on this problem for a number of years and have created what I believe to be a first order correction that will finally enhance stereo reproduction so that a new level of sonic realism can be achieved.

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After many a year under the Zilla King's watchful eye, we have updated our site, as he has taken a behind the scenes role.

Son of Ampzilla 2000
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From James Bongiorno the musician

His New Trio CD

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...be prepared to be blown away!