How long does Class A have?

Im no climate change advocate, but electricity is getting more expensive, not less. I ve owned class A heaters, and 250w tube heaters, so there’s the added cost to cool the room.


I have been in possession of a LSA Voyager GaN amp 350/600 wpc. My previous class D is dual mono based on IcePower AS 1200 modules. The Voyager is as potent but much more dynamic; zero to 60mph is Tesla Plaid like, and yet natural sounding with a ginormous sound stage and barely warm to the touch, and a mere $3000!

Any financially frugal person looking at class A prices, but who hears the Voyager, will likely choose the latter, unless they have money to burn. GaN technology is in its infancy, and I suspect it will dominate the market, usurping class A & AB sooner than later

As long as the speaker I want needs/wants a lot of juice (Magnepan at present), I’ll likely use a Class D power amp, likely preceded by a tube or Class A front end. But I am one of those who also finds Class A has a certain appeal with high-efficiency speakers, and so I will have my First Watt/Pass (diy) amps in secondary setups. I’m on all-wind power, so I don’t feel guilty leaving it on. But I’d still feel pretty silly running a 100-watt or similar size Class A amp.

We need more Greta Thunbergs

We get too much useless hot air from politicians and political commentators as it is.

Spenav  - Alberto not Roberto-- just sayin-- I have his amps and love them--

    As we die off, our heirs will throw our prized systems in the rental dumpsters.  I retrieved a lot of things my sisters threw away.  They will trash my stuff, unless I donate it to, maybe, a theater, which will quickly destroy it from ignorance.
Cheers!