Hello auxinput,
Yes, I was messing with you just enough to not be offensive but still make my point. I am a big fan of class D but it's not a blind loyalty. If there are shortcomings I'm very interested to know about them.
The frustrating aspect for me is that most of the shortcomings of class D I hear from individuals are typically just anecdotal claims without any logical theories or relevant information to support their claims. If I don't discern their claimed class D deficiency, there's no evidence that others discern the same deficiency and not even a theory explaining why this deficiency exists is offered, then I'm unable to determine whether this is an actual class D deficiency or just a false claim by someone who is unreasonably biased against class D. I suggest I have no incentive or logical reason to take such anecdotal claims seriously.
For example, your claim of class D lacking an extended and airy treble is to me an anecdotal claim that you made without any logical theory or relevant information given to support your claim. I don't detect this claimed deficiency in any of my class D amps I own or those I've listened to, you claim reviewers have noticed and mentioned this same deficiency but cite no references and offer no logical theory attempting to explain why this deficiency exists, then I have difficulty determining whether this is an actual class D deficiency or just a false claim. I again suggest I have no incentive or logical reason to take the claim, that class D lacks an extended and airy treble response, seriously.
Put more simply, I'm always going to trust my own perceptions of what I hear or don't hear over anecdotal claims from others. The truth is that if I don't perceive my class D amps as having a lack of an extended and airy treble, then by definition I only perceive an extended and airy treble.
Of course, I realize it's a possibility that you and some others could be perceiving class D treble as not extended and airy while I and some others perceive class D treble as very extended and airy due to some currently unknown reasons that could be the result of the dynamics of class D technology itself or the differences between how individuals perceive class D reproduced sound or even some combination of the two. If this is the case, then you're right that some individuals are just lucky. Well, I think this is a diplomatic way to end our discussion. Hopefully, meaningful discoveries will be made on this subject in the near future.
In the meantime I agree with you that we should just buy what we love.
Tim
Yes, I was messing with you just enough to not be offensive but still make my point. I am a big fan of class D but it's not a blind loyalty. If there are shortcomings I'm very interested to know about them.
The frustrating aspect for me is that most of the shortcomings of class D I hear from individuals are typically just anecdotal claims without any logical theories or relevant information to support their claims. If I don't discern their claimed class D deficiency, there's no evidence that others discern the same deficiency and not even a theory explaining why this deficiency exists is offered, then I'm unable to determine whether this is an actual class D deficiency or just a false claim by someone who is unreasonably biased against class D. I suggest I have no incentive or logical reason to take such anecdotal claims seriously.
For example, your claim of class D lacking an extended and airy treble is to me an anecdotal claim that you made without any logical theory or relevant information given to support your claim. I don't detect this claimed deficiency in any of my class D amps I own or those I've listened to, you claim reviewers have noticed and mentioned this same deficiency but cite no references and offer no logical theory attempting to explain why this deficiency exists, then I have difficulty determining whether this is an actual class D deficiency or just a false claim. I again suggest I have no incentive or logical reason to take the claim, that class D lacks an extended and airy treble response, seriously.
Put more simply, I'm always going to trust my own perceptions of what I hear or don't hear over anecdotal claims from others. The truth is that if I don't perceive my class D amps as having a lack of an extended and airy treble, then by definition I only perceive an extended and airy treble.
Of course, I realize it's a possibility that you and some others could be perceiving class D treble as not extended and airy while I and some others perceive class D treble as very extended and airy due to some currently unknown reasons that could be the result of the dynamics of class D technology itself or the differences between how individuals perceive class D reproduced sound or even some combination of the two. If this is the case, then you're right that some individuals are just lucky. Well, I think this is a diplomatic way to end our discussion. Hopefully, meaningful discoveries will be made on this subject in the near future.
In the meantime I agree with you that we should just buy what we love.
Tim