Class D is a poster child example of modern day innovation in audio amplifiers. It is indeed SOTA in some spectacular designs and will only get better. I suppose many manufacturers, Pass Labs included, are a tad offput at the fact that great sounding amps, amps that cost and weigh a small fraction of theirs, are becoming readily available. The fact is we are in the midst of disruptive amp technology. It is pretty much the opposite of the article’s suggestion in amplifiers.
Class D is still in process, but great sound is already out there. How can we dismiss this reality? Strange to me how when in the very midst of innovation and change some still miss it. Some that should, and probably do, know better.
Tommorows’s Class D amps will be wonderful, but some will still prefer a tube amp or this other amp etc... This will always be the case as choice is so very important as we all hear differently. However, dismissing the Class D evolution/revolution is startiling.
Combining Class D with high quality DACs (powered dac) is another fascinating innovation hot bed.
