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Warm Class D for horns?

Hello to all,

Recently  was researching about the evolution of class d amplifiers, for what I understood the most advances around are the Hypex N Core, ICE, Pascal, and appears that also some manufacturers are developing their own Class D amps, like Spec from japan for example and Devialet from France for example..

I understood this right? This is what is happening?

The whole point of make evolving the Class D amplification is to make they sound more warm?

I'm panning to build a 3 way loudspeakers, radial horn, super horn tweeter, and woofer, at first I was considering just use Class D for the 12" woofer, but what about Class D amp for the horns and super tweeter, anyone using?

Let's talk about this, would like to know more how Class D evolved over the years and who are the manufacturers that are on the vanguard fo design of this amplification topology...

Oh.. Class D analog, Class D digital... never found a consensus, if Class D can be analog to..

Thanks!
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matiasreccius
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I have never heard one but read that the Bel Canto amps are on the warmer side. Maybe a pair of Hypex NCore NC500 based Bel Canto REF600M would work for you.

"Of three recent amps of my experience, the REF600M was the warmest (...)"
https://www.stereophile.com/content/bel-canto-eone-ref600m-power-amplifier

"In timbral neutrality I’d place the REF600M on the darker, richer side of the razor’s edge, primarily due to its more nuanced lower midrange."
https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/bel-canto-ref600m-power-amplifier/
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mapman
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I also have two Bel Canto Class D amps that use more recent and prior generation Icepower modules.    I've used them with various speakers.   I love them to death.  I would not call them inherently warm.   Maybe a tad with some speakers like the Dynaudios I had for awhile but not at all with others and not as much as most other amps I have tried. 
willgolf
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I have Bruno Putzey's Mola Mola Kaluga and Makua for sale on US Audio Mart.  Class D at its finest.  They are brand new and never used.  I just listed them.  You may want to read about them. 
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audioman58
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Merrill Audio , comes to mind , how much is your budget ?
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cosmicjazz OP
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wondering till this days horn speakers enthusiasts do not use class d, just for the woofers, but not with the horns...
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