I recently purchased a used Belles 150A V2 for my second system and I’m amazed at the sound. The rest of the kit is a Luxman C-300 pre, Cambridge Audio CNX V2 streamer, Ryan R620 speakers and Clear Day double shotgun speaker cables and Silnote Audio Morpheus Reference classic interconnects. Every time I listen I have a smile on my face. I never thought class D could sound like this after all the negatives I’ve heard...they just haven’t heard the “right” class D equipment I guess.
Class D is just Dandy!
I thought it was time we had a pro- Class D thread. There's plenty of threads about comparisons, or detractors of Class D.
That's fine, you don't have to like Class D amps, and if you don't please go participate on one of those threads.
For those of us who are very happy and excited about having musical, capable amps that we can afford to keep on 24/7 and don't require large spaces to put them in, this thread is for you.
Please share your experiences with class D amps!
That's fine, you don't have to like Class D amps, and if you don't please go participate on one of those threads.
For those of us who are very happy and excited about having musical, capable amps that we can afford to keep on 24/7 and don't require large spaces to put them in, this thread is for you.
Please share your experiences with class D amps!
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dutch12 Sorry to burst your bubble there Dutch old mate. But the Belles 150A V2 is a 150w Class-A/B linear amp, nothing to do with Class-D. https://ibb.co/yn8f6FJ https://www.stereophile.com/axpona2010/advanced_transduction_belles/index.html http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/noisy13.htm And your right the Belles 150A have a great sonic reputation, probably better than most Class-D, except for maybe the Technics SE-R1. Stick with it you’ll be happy for a long while, till Class-D rids itself of it’s Achilles Heel. Like what Technics did to combat it with SE-R1, but yet to remain affordable as well, instead of being $20K. Cheers George |
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+1 Exactly. If you want to look at another very respected amplifier design that has a residual waveform imposed on the output signal, look no further than the Berning amplifiers. These amps are excellent; they are liked by everyone who hears them. They employ a switching power supply at their output which is modulated (loaded) by the operation of the power tubes. The switching supply thus has the audio signal imposed on its output. The switching frequency is then filtered out, leaving the audio signal to drive the loudspeaker. If this sounds familiar to those versed in class D amplifier concepts, it should because its a very similar idea! So how is it that such a respected amplifier as heard by all comers gets a Murphy while class D does not? They both have a residual. The conclusion can only be that the residual is not harmful in either case. |
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