Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?


Cost ? Heat? Reliability?
inna
It’s satisfying to see there is still some original member’s left here on audiogon with substantial exsperince, that said, I wanted to thank georgehifi, and bigkidz that know the truth about class A bias amplifier’s. Of all people, me and inna know about over blown publicly about an audio product, we both had a Luxman L-509X integrated amplifier at the same time, we both burned in the amplifier, turned out the amplifier had exaggerated treble that did not sound like the real event that is on stage, the bass was weak and not fulfilling, the mid-range was terrible, the sound stage was subpar at best, needless to say we both sold the amplifier’s at a big loss, 8 or 10 months old New!, I already own my main system through all this witch is pure class A system running class A digital direct to the amplifier that is class A, as bigkidz said in his post, very emotional real sounding system, this system made red neck’s cry, LOL!!!
class AB is MUCH more efficient.
class A produces an INCREDIBLE amount of heat, at idle.
Anyone has Mark Levinson ML-2 to spare ? I don't think so. Old Gryphon ? Nothing again. Very bad. 
Well, class A is not exactly ecologically sound design, that's true. But it is my only objection. 
All I know is the Sugden A21SE I’m running with at present is the best sounding amplifier I have owned to date, not that I’ve owned that many amps really but it’s also the best sounding I’ve heard apart from a Sugden Masterclass, yes it gets toastie but at 30wpc at 8ohm it’s got an amazing amount of kick, the kind of power amplifiers like the Hegel H190 with 150 watts struggles to match, but at the end of the day an awful large part of being an audiophile is thinking with the heart and everyone will always have their correct opinion, that’s what makes us spend silly money. 😂