Didn't you hear the groans, Ozzy?
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analogluvr Ditto that. But there aren’t any speakers "THAT I LIKE" yet without any colorations that they can drive with ease (without bandaid fix autoformers), top to bottom, so "TO ME" your ****** if you do and ****** if you don’t. The only way is to make a hidiousely big OTL Class-A with a bazillion tubes, so they could drive hard to drive speakers speakers that are designed to be flat, low coloration, low distortion and without horns to make them efficient. Cheers George |
The question was about the *class* of amplifier. And -- if cost i no object and all other variables held constant, class-A, no question. But it has many downsides, mostly size, heat and cost int he real world. For small signals anyone who doesn't design class-A is crazy. For big power amplifiers there are many trade-offs. Note there are also sliding scales. Class D, an entirely different type of "class" has huge potential but still needs refinement. Modern GaN is already helping. But among A, AB, C it is clearly A. That said i always design high bias AB for bog amps. |
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