Actually we have health conditions that put us at high risk. It is called being smart.
And yes, I am right now enjoying my JDS while waiting for the FEDX delivery.
Digital input amp
I see a few coming on market. Previous threads were quite old.
They take a USB or other input. No DAC on the front end. Just the DSP engine to do volume, eq, etc, then whatever conversion to PCM to feed the class D output. So the only "DAC" is the output stage. This makes sense as it further reduces the functions in the chain. I have not seen objective testing or any reliable subjective testing. The ones I have seen are Infineon processer based. No idea if the output filtering or feedback implementation is up to the Purify quality. I guess the next innovation is the GaNFET output. One has a DAC to feed a sub out. Easy as any old $5 DAC will wo there.
I was browsing and came across the Sajab A30a. ( quite inexpensive) Peachtree has the old Gan-1 but coax PCM only. That would be fine if it managed buffering and clocks internally. Unfortunately my all-in-one only has USB out.
I suspect there is a lot to be learned here but it makes sense to me for the future.
@tvrgeek I had the same misgivings about that bit from the marketing department. As best I can make out this amp is class T. |
@atmasphere Interesting (though that was not marketing, you and @tvrgeek both got that wrong) So class T is not really a class though, and it is really just Class D with GaN mosfet built in house like your amplifiers. Nice! The PA-10's sound freaking awesome, much better than the Schiit I used to have, you should give them a listen and like your amplifiers the reviews have been very positive. https://www.hifipig.com/gold-note-pa-10-power-amplifier/ https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/gold-note-pa-10-amplifiers/ https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/goldnote13/ https://darko.audio/2020/07/brawn-and-brains-gold-notes-pa-10-power-amplifier/
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@jeffrey125 Thanks for the correction- I knew that once upon a time... |