2. amps-preamps
  3. 167595-11588

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

I am certainly biased by my lifetime final amp being a Class D. But I know that after 30+ years of development, Class D seems to be on a high plain. I know there are now many, many companies focusing on Class D and, maybe, a good handful already as good as it gets. My Class D amp is as smooth and beautifully musical as a great tube amp and as punchy and detailed as a great SS amp. I am satisfied and done with my search. A class D amp has effectively taken me off the amp merry-go-round. It’s about time after 50 years. And, for me, this Class D is a milestone. Will all other classes of amps fade away?
mglik
avanti1960
1,601 posts
 
Lets let the "measurements" guys buy them up.  
Good, occasionally brilliant, occasionally awful.  


georgehifi's avatar
georgehifi
10,312 posts
 


Only two from Technics so far are in Class-D royalty.
They are the Technics SU-R1000 Integrated and the SE-R1 Power-Amp, both use the GaN technology, the SE-R1 uses it to the max, with a 1.5mhz switching speed, it’s yet to be proved/written if the SU-R1000 has gone the extra yards and used this 3 x higher switching speed.

Cheers George

invalid
1,307 posts
 
Class D amps can sound good, you just have to put a tube dac and tube preamp in front of them.
russ69's avatar
russ69
3,579 posts
 
OP. What amp? What loudspeakers? what source? Give us a chance to see where you are? 
oldhvymec
5,101 posts
 
I sure like mine in the summer TIME and doing bass duty ALL the time. Dropped my temp and PG&E trying to stay cool and listen to music when it's 110 degrees outside. I'm crawlin' into the bunker just to cool off. 

The older I get the LESS I like the heat or below 30 degrees..

12 full degrees cooler in my front room from Valves to Class Ds AND 1/3 the AC cost.. Fall, Winter or Spring is whole different thing.. Valves ALL the way.. Still class D amps doing the heavy lifting in MB columns and A/B step baffle servo bass amps (Rythmic plate amps) & GRs drivers.

Point to point on the Tape/Phono. Heck I use EVERYTHING..

First Watt Active XO, pretty serious step baffle set up, CLASS Ds just sound wonderful through it.. (For Elixirs monitor section) Wima caps.. God bless um.. BOTH are just full!!.. Nelson Pass and Wima have a romance going on.. I'm tellin' ya.. Good caps too..

Regards
More to discover