George,
I cannot affirm anything certain on this, but, perhaps, there is a doctor that already can already convince the girl not to smoke, chain smoker is no more needed. The girl then would shine with her legs and face.
According to Tommy O from Digital Audio Company, their module design is already fast enough so that there is no further need in GaN-based technology (used, e.g., in Technics SE R1). I am citing what he wrote to me in this regard (please note that i am unable to judge on the technical part/proof for his statements):
citing :
" I wanted to mention this before…. These GaN based Class-D amps have the same issue as other non-Cherry Class-D in that they are going for bench specs as opposed to sonic excellence. Without getting too into the technical aspects, GaN FETs require use of support chips that don’t support our unique topology, and our design is different in that it’s already super fast (the benefit of GaN is supposed to be speed). We are able to achieve better bench specs than any other Class-D we’ve seen, but we “tune” the modulation and control for best sound, and this costs a few dB here and there -- but sounds better. For example, the MEGA design can reach about 130dB and 0.0004% THD on the bench before tweaking for sonics. This is with non-GaN FETs. After tweaking, the specs are still great (120dB and 0.001% THD), but the smoothness is preserved, and the harsh/analytic sound of other amplifiers is not anything we want coming out of a Cherry Amp!! We are always getting compliments on sound quality, and this is the “proof in the pudding”. "
I cannot affirm anything certain on this, but, perhaps, there is a doctor that already can already convince the girl not to smoke, chain smoker is no more needed. The girl then would shine with her legs and face.
According to Tommy O from Digital Audio Company, their module design is already fast enough so that there is no further need in GaN-based technology (used, e.g., in Technics SE R1). I am citing what he wrote to me in this regard (please note that i am unable to judge on the technical part/proof for his statements):
citing :
" I wanted to mention this before…. These GaN based Class-D amps have the same issue as other non-Cherry Class-D in that they are going for bench specs as opposed to sonic excellence. Without getting too into the technical aspects, GaN FETs require use of support chips that don’t support our unique topology, and our design is different in that it’s already super fast (the benefit of GaN is supposed to be speed). We are able to achieve better bench specs than any other Class-D we’ve seen, but we “tune” the modulation and control for best sound, and this costs a few dB here and there -- but sounds better. For example, the MEGA design can reach about 130dB and 0.0004% THD on the bench before tweaking for sonics. This is with non-GaN FETs. After tweaking, the specs are still great (120dB and 0.001% THD), but the smoothness is preserved, and the harsh/analytic sound of other amplifiers is not anything we want coming out of a Cherry Amp!! We are always getting compliments on sound quality, and this is the “proof in the pudding”. "