Class D amps seem poised to take over. Then what?

@erikt   

You got it right. Class does or soon enough will only mean something to nit (or is it zit?) pickers.

Class D is taking over. But fear not! Slim Whitman will save us!
https://youtu.be/RFr2tFLZom4?t=9

The other classes just won't go away on their own. Class D is polling well but that doesn't assure they will actually win the race. Class D needs to invoke the Insurrection Act. All other classes, along with their owners, will be arrested on the spot. Problem solved.

Yes the D train is real.  No noise, what is the model of that Yamaha int amp? 

Class D started as the "beyond meat" of amplification designs.

Now, that’s funny. But, looking at the Technics, they’re not using an off the shelf Class D unit but designed theirs in-house and turned the whole thing into one big DAC/power amp, again, not using any off the shelf DAC from another make.

A retailer told me that Technics is doing things other companies simply haven’t thought of. The only other company that comes to mind is Esoteric, who developed their own DAC architecture in some of their players. There must be some others but I haven’t researched enough to suss them out. FPGAs are becoming commonplace but this is another kettle of fish.

(grannyring, it’s a Technics SU-G700 and not a Yamaha)

All the best,
Nonoise