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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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atmasphere
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If he believes this that’s fine - nice for him if it makes him happy.  I believe these perceptions to be (almost) completely subjective though.  
Not necessarily! It will sound like a tube amp if it has the same distortion signature and if you look at AGD's webpage for the product you'll see he published that. Not unlike an SET distortion signature... This is the sort of thing that's easily measured and heard.
Ahhh..Please reserve the term " Beta production" for software/mainstream tech ..NOT for the art of domestic audio....please
:)  Pretty funny
I liked the sound but I'm a ham radio operator and it generated RFI 
I had a class D amp in a subwoofer that interfered with FM reception! I got rid of it for the same reason. They're not supposed to do that and a properly built class D won't.


timlub
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@atmasphere 

"We've already done that- been working on it for the last 4 years. We're in Beta production right now."

congratulations Ralph, I'm sure that it would be GREAT.  I'd love to beta test one.  
johnkent3
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Man alive...
The more time i spend here the more it feels like a bunch of geezers trying to hang onto the old tech and talk about how $5k cables augment sound.

This might be the wrong place for me.
invalid
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Man alive...
The more time i spend here the more it feels like a bunch of geezers trying to hang onto the old tech and talk about how $5k cables augment sound.

What do you think satellite TV comes from vacuum tubes. Satellites use vacuum tubes.
mike_in_nc
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When Class D takes over, the earth will stop rotating and those magnetized by covid vaccines will be demagnetized.

The more time i spend here the more it feels like a bunch of geezers trying to hang onto the old tech and talk about how $5k cables augment sound.

This might be the wrong place for me.

For a friendly forum less obsessed by expensive gear, but rather heavy on vinyl, try the Steve Hoffman Forums. For a friendly one with a more costly slant, try Audio Aficionado.

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