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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
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These companies that claim double wattage when impedence is halved don't give the actual 8ohm measurement, which is usually a lot higher wattage than their spec sheet has listed.
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These companies that claim double wattage when impedence is halved don’t give the actual 8ohm measurement

Usually if they don’t, they are hiding something. Stereophile does for Class-D if you read the Lab Tests on them and that’s usually is in the negative.
But even Stereophile doesn’t usually do 2ohm testing on Class-D’s as they are usually pitiful, when compared to the good linear solid BJT state amps for putting out big (doubling watts) current.

Cheers George
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Even the big high bias amps built with BJT's can't do it. When stereophile measures them their 8ohm full power measurements are a lot higher than the spec.
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I don't think there is an amp made that can direct drive the apogee full range, the midrange when direct driven is .14 ohms
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Even the big high bias amps built with BJT's can't do it.

Oh dear🤦‍♂️, to say that an amp doubles, is just a "saying", maybe it should read "close to doubling", but hey, I didn't make up the saying.

No! amp can  perfectly double it wattage from 8  to 4 to 2 ohms, that would be a furphy, and would be like saying perpetual motion is a reality.
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