Time to buy a class D amp?

Class d is the big girl with the pretty face, or the chain smoker with nice legs.  

In a Class D amp this would only describe how loud it plays at 2 ohms without sonic impact not much else. Damping factor at the frequencies where impedance drops is far more important.

Still nothing on how it handles 2ohm loading and if it’s got good current drive down that low (increasing it’s wattage a lot from 4ohms)

Could we combine  pretty face with nice legs without chain smoker in class D? 

My speakers (Thiel CS 6) go down to 2.5 ohms at 8 kHz, the output impedance of Megaschino is measured at 10  kHz. I did not note any damping problem though am a bit surprised with the power issue.
Supposedly it gives over 600 watts at 4 ohms, that i do not really perceived  (I feel it gives about half of that, though its power is quite sufficient for my needs). 

Could we combine pretty face with nice legs without chain smoker in class D?

Not yet affordable, one day maybe, or now if you can afford the Technics SE-R1, it addressed all of the ugly's of Class-D dead time (big girl) and switching frequency (chain smoker).

Cheers George

George, 

I cannot affirm anything certain on this, but, perhaps, there is a doctor that already can already convince  the girl not to smoke, chain smoker is no more needed. The girl then would shine with her legs and face. 

According to Tommy O from Digital Audio Company, their module design is already fast enough so that there is no further need in GaN-based technology (used, e.g., in  Technics SE R1). I am citing  what  he wrote to me in this regard (please note that i am unable to judge on the technical part/proof for his statements):

citing : 

" I wanted to mention this before…. These GaN based Class-D amps have the same issue as other non-Cherry Class-D in that they are going for bench specs as opposed to sonic excellence. Without getting too into the technical aspects, GaN FETs require use of support chips that don’t support our unique topology, and our design is different in that it’s already super fast (the benefit of GaN is supposed to be speed). We are able to achieve better bench specs than any other Class-D we’ve seen, but we “tune” the modulation and control for best sound, and this costs a few dB here and there -- but sounds better. For example, the MEGA design can reach about 130dB and 0.0004% THD on the bench before tweaking for sonics. This is with non-GaN FETs. After tweaking, the specs are still great (120dB and 0.001% THD), but the smoothness is preserved, and the harsh/analytic sound of other amplifiers is not anything we want coming out of a Cherry Amp!! We are always getting compliments on sound quality, and this is the “proof in the pudding”. "