Class T vs. Class D Digital Amps

Are you studying for a degree in alphabet soup?

If so I'm failing since I left out Class A and Class A/B!

>> Anyone think this is the wrong direction to be going?

oh yes! I do!
every class-D power amp I have heard so far is a POS. The list is short 'cuz the ones (listed below) that I heard turned me off so much that my motivation to keep going on to hear more renditions of this technology is really low. However, I do admit that there could be a rendition of a class-D amp that might appeal to me. From the posts made by member Ar_t, it seems that his amps might be better sounding? No idea so far! So, far the verdict is that all of them are sonically less than appealing! Yes, the (short) list: Rowland Model 201, Hypex - I think that it was the UcD180 kit that was built by my DIY audio friend & Channel Is D100.
My reason for not being drawn into these class-D amps' sound is that they produce great sound but very little music. They have all the audiophile qualities - transparency, great bass, high frequency extension to name a few but the program material played thru them does not sound like music i.e. there is hardly any soul to the music. Listening thru these class-D amps is not an emotional experience, which a requirement for me. The word "dry" comes to mind. All the above mentioned audiophile attributes are a means to an end, which is to render the music so that it is an emotional experience; otherwise, they just remain as bullet items/adjectives on a sheet of paper. Of, course IMHO. YMMV.

Just because you don't like them...........

Let me say this: if you want emotions, get a girl friend. [joke]

OK, "emotion" is not the forte of Class D amps. They aren't for everyone. You may like them, you may not. I'm not going to apologise for making them.

(Before you ask.....no, I don't have a girl friend, and I could care less about "emotion" in my music. I just want something that I can listen to without wanting running for the ketoprofen after listening to it. I hope Albert Porter isn't reading this.)

Class T is the marketing gibberish that Tripath uses to describe their technology. Tried them, did not like them. Engineering-wise. They may be better by now.