Class D Amplification Announcement

Class D arrived a while ago and at lower cost. I have a pair of Jeff Rowland Model 125s, a pair of AGD Audion monoblocks and a new Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra. All of them sound great. No glare, with plenty of power and headroom. Other than one Class AB integrated I still own, I have sold my class AB solid state monoblocks. 

Sorry, but it arrived much earlier with Bruno Putzeys' NCore series at Hypex.

I have a couple of MBL monoblocks purchased used, model N15.

They clearly sounded better than my ARC Ref 160Ms, even after tube rolling, vibration treatment and good power chords.  It took some burn in time to get rid of the traces of class D sound signature but now they sound like a very good AB class amp.  They are efficient, powerful and never get hot.  Only adjust I had to make in my system was using good copper wire.

Once again, if I understand Class 'D' you will be put at the table of the designer's likes and dislikes with nothing to say for yourself. In other words, they are the ones that choose what and where in the audio spectrum things will get the emphasis with little ability of the end user to override THEIR likes and dislikes. This is exactly why I prefer pre-Amps and Receivers that let you bypass any tone control circuitry if you so choose. I want to hear how a particular song was meant to would like by the engineers and producers rather than some third party that has their own agenda in mind.

I welcome TAS to the end of the 20th Century.  May they continue to make great strides in keeping up with the rest of the world.