Yes, Class D amp technology enables amps to be much more efficient and much smaller. For high end, check out Bel Canto ref600m amps for example. Or even the Fosi amps on Amazon, which are most affordable and about the size of a pack of cigarettes.
Again the topic of weight of amps
I see this has been covered but not recently.
I have had a few amps in the 100+ pound range.
I liked them enormously but I am in a small space and am tired of dealing with these behemoths when I need to move them around and the real estate they take up. They were all wonderful in their way and I would like to have kept them but for their immobility. But can one find true love after such heavy weights with a feather weight 55 pounder?
Have technological advances in 2019 made such a thing possible? I had a pass 350.8 which I loved but you can't keep a Stonehenge rock in an apartment living room.
I have had a few amps in the 100+ pound range.
I liked them enormously but I am in a small space and am tired of dealing with these behemoths when I need to move them around and the real estate they take up. They were all wonderful in their way and I would like to have kept them but for their immobility. But can one find true love after such heavy weights with a feather weight 55 pounder?
Have technological advances in 2019 made such a thing possible? I had a pass 350.8 which I loved but you can't keep a Stonehenge rock in an apartment living room.
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mapman"Class D amp technology enables amps to be much more efficient and much smaller." Now as soon as they can get them to sound like music and compete with real amplifiers intended, designed, and manufactured for use in Music Reproduction Systems then they will really have something. Class d is ok for subwoofer amplifiers at least until you compare them to something better such as Bryston or Pass. |
Like any amp, some people like certain Class D amps and some do not. Some do not like any though I would tend to doubt they have heard them all. Only way to find out is to identify candidates and try one like I did to test the waters. Nevertheless, they do solve the size and weight problem and that was a big reason why I decided to try. That and see what the latest, greatest technology could do compared to others. Myself, I have three now ranging in price from $85 to $6000 retail and have been listening contently with these now for ~ 10 years, and I’ve pretty much heard it all over the years. |
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