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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?
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rh67
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Well..george has an MO of trying to cherry pick items to bolster his view.

The Wilson speaker Sabrina X was not the Wilson in the conversation, he read in a rag that the X could give some amps issues and decides to bring it into the conversation but the X has nothing to do with the Wilsons i own and he accused of being hard to drive. Historically Wilson's have the reputation of being efficient and easy to drive BUT require the best in electronics to make them shine.

Here are the Wilson's in question and george accused of being hard to drive. Page 77 has the specs. https://www.wilsonaudio.com/media/296/manual-alexandria-xlf.pdf
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nonoise
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There are specs, and then there are specs. A fuller understanding helps with this primer I came across:https://darko.audio/2021/06/kih-89-mind-the-gap/

All the best,
Nonoise
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georgehifi
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Well..george has an MO of trying to cherry pick items to bolster his view.

You really need to get educated on this.
Look at the paragraph direct above your last post, even he back down on the flagship Wilsons I mentioned that a Class-D can't drive to their best. And he cherry picked the ones that can, (Sophia, Sasha ect)  because they have far easier loading that the Class-D won't be too taxed with🤦‍♂️
rh67
307 posts
 
Stick with the facts. You claimed that i could not be getting good sound with my Class D and Wilson's claiming my Wilson's were hard to drive, don't muddy the waters.
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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
Really! Now you have lost it. 😵
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