The Truth about Modern Class D

"It WILL NEVER be as good as tubes,class a or good a/b NEVER!!!"
As a tube amplifier manufacturer I have to disagree with this comment.

You have to it’s plain as day, because of what you have coming, if you didn’t it would be a waste of development and money, as tube sales especially otl’s and pre’s are down and you need to diversify.

Class D is in the middle of the curve

It's still like trying to make a sport car out of a cement truck.

It has yet to reach true hiend, with it’s achilles heel’s it has. GaN Class-D technology points to be able to get rid of them and give it a real shot at the hiend audio, one should have invested in it, over the old technology, as it will become the dinosaur, just as linear amps will one day.

Gfi

Me thinks thou doest protest too much

I will soon-ish hear old vs new class D vs GaN

My Audio Alchemy DPA-1 Hypex 400ucD (MSRP $1995), which I've owned close to 2 years, sounds excellent to my ears, in my system; Emerald Physics KCIIs (93dB), CorePower 1800, Audio Alchemy DDP-1 + PS 5, Marantz HD CD 1 as a transport, Oppo 105 (upgraded power supply) for SACD & DVD-A, and WireWorld series 7 & 8 cabling.

I expect to have ric schultz EVS 1200 ($2200) in a couple weeks, to compare  against it. And a few weeks after that I will be listening to a ~200 wpc GaN prototype

I have little doubt that the GaN will be better, but by how much, and at what MSRP differential?

What I like most about this thread is the clear difference between those willing to give Class D a chance and detractors.

Those who are neutral to positive are talking about specific brands, and models and making direct comparisons with linear amps. They talk about sound quality, systems and trade offs.


Those who are against Class D are talking about tropes from the 1980's, and measurements and broad claims that become impossible to test.

The Truth about Modern Class D

This is the heading to this thread, kinda makes you think, does he believe his the new Messiah to lead the linear amp lovers out of Hades and into the garden of Eden?
  
And it's a common theme to every Class-D thread he starts up, to me it's like he's looking for reco or even consolation maybe. 

Yet he doesn't seem to want to embrace the new GaN Class-D Technology which will rid the sins of the old Class-D technology.
 

Ladies & Gents,

It's about matching technology to assemble a HiFi system.

I've been a HiFi'r since I was old enough to manipulate the arm on my Dad's Bogen/Lenco in the mid 50's. Over the decades I've heard many 10s of amps with the latest buzzword technology. Not all moved the ball forward in the context in which they were heard.

I have TC-50, BiWired and recapped, and tri-amped LFT-8b. Both speakers are renowned for their phase coherency, a property without which I cannot listen. AND a long list of absolute failings.

I have 4 amps: Rotel bipolar, NuPrime ST-10 Class D,  PrimaLuna Prologue 5, and a pair of VTA M-125s I reworked. Each has its ±.

Depending on program material AND time of year, each trounces the others. ALL present an excellent and engaging sound stage.

As Ralph can attest, there are 1001 details to get right, some of which are diametrically opposed. Each has it's foibles. Some genuinely beautiful boxes have no soul in some systems. AND all can be severely compromised with poorly mated cables and companion components.

The proof of the pudding is ALWAYS in the eating. AND you must eat the whole pudding!!!