Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll

@jerryg123 

do not get those batteries wet in your car

Its inadvisable to submerge any car, gas or electric.

I have a fried with solar in his home and he is still battling noisy power in his system when on battery power

Your friend obviously has site/product quality/design specific issues. My system isn't designed to take us off the grid in the event of nuclear war, ours is designed to supply the grid with a similar (in our case a little excess) amount of generated power that we consume. We spec'd our system to eventually supply three electric cars as well as potential max usage for a 4,000+ sq ft home. 

Thanks for all the answers so far, the consensus with this small sampling is still what I expected, more thumbs up than down.

In full disclosure, this discussion came up within one where Luxman stopped making Class A amps due to Environmental Issues. A big defender of Class D claims that Class A is going away on it’s own and would never become effected by limits placed on electrical consumption or heat output, but just because everyone no longer wants it or wants Class D or similar.

So the one political comment above is not off base, just the person pointed to because he just does what he is told.

Keep ’em coming

@brianh61   :So the one political comment above is not off base, just the person pointed to because he just does what he is told.

you have won the internet, and the best comment in this forum. 
-buys Brian a cold Guinness pint!

The amount of people that own Class A stereos is so minuscule they don't have any impact. Most folks I know listen to Alexa for music or own a soundbar for TV. I'm the only odd ball that owns a stereo.

Do as your conscience and pocketbook tell you. In any case, as I mention in another thread, when my hot-running Class A Mytek Brooklyn Bridge bit the dust I replaced it with a cool-running Cambridge CXN. Not quite as wonderful-sounding but still a pleasure to listen to.