High End Amp Price Collapse musings

And yet another thread about how Class D will never sound as good as Class A/AB amps, with a few people who’ve gone out on a limb and tried Class D with great success representing the lunatic minority (I happen to be among the lunatic minority, with my Class D powered on as I type this and my Audio Research tube amp collecting dust)...

I’m surprised you guys haven’t tired of this subject yet - the threads are all alike, they never progress, they never advance. Maybe it’s time for a thread about how there’s no point in trying any new restaurants, because nothing will ever create as much emotion and connection as a trip to the Golden Corral buffet?

Erik_Squires how true. That is the markets focus pretty much.

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Hirakawa-FP 3 by 16gauge  AWG
from Japan.  White vinyl jacket with silver terminations and what looks like a ferrite magnet near inlet IEC.  My dealer gave it to me to use with my Krell Vanguard Integrated but I never tried it till a couple days ago.  They used to come with the High End Sony Plasma tv's...he said it was a good power cord (understatement).  Anyway, it outperforms my MIT Oracle ACII Zcord ($4500), MIT Magnum ACII Z cord ($2300) Audioquest NRG 5 ($800)and Transparent Powerlink MM2 ($2100)!!!  By outperform I mean it is practically perfect in every way so that it allows complete transparency, maximum dynamics, holographic imaging, natural tone with an organic sense of texture that creates 3D roundedness like great tube gear:). Simply astonishing.

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I think we in the lunatic minority are much more prevalent in this thread than has been in the past.  Rowland, Cary, ATI to name just a few high end companies seem to be developing (at least some) of their amps using D Class modules.  They wouldn't be doing that if Class D wasn't good.   Takes a while to break a stigma but I think it's getting there.

I'd be curious if McIntosh, accuphase,etc produced a Class D amp how it would compare to their normal line