New Class D amplifiers

The flip side of what you’re saying is that no care should be taken to make the amp easy to service and update??

Is it really a binary choice? What I am saying is making an amp easy to service and update should be part of it’s design and doesn’t need to be an expensive operation to perform. How hard is it to remove a few screws, unattach a few wires, and swap a module? I don’t see this as a problem with just about any other class d amp I have seen. It’s a feature built in to all decent amps, not something special or unique as far as I can see with your products.

Believe it or not, a certain portion of the market appreciates a quality build that doesn’t look like a denizen only suitable in a mancave.

Again, is it really a binary choice? Attractive design is in the eyes of the beholder but I see plenty of products on the market with nice looking cases for a fraction of what your product costs, and they are well made as well. There are some European class d amps that are very stylish for $2000-$2500 as I recall. Hardly in radio shack project cases. Again, a bit of a red herring.

As for a "forever amp", I would suspect that is a very small, and probably very old, segment of the market. A greater segment of the market is always looking for the next be all end all. Class d has evolved greatly in the last 20 years and no doubt will continue to do so. All one needs to do is to take a scan of the audio forums to see that people are always looking for the next big thing.

Amplifiers might change, but they will always need a power supply. So being able to update the amplifier with an improved module might not make sense to you, but it makes plenty of sense to our customers.

Huh? I don’t recall saying an amp doesn’t need a power supply- I simply mentioned that linear supplies in this day and age are rather archaic. I specifically said that a module swap was all most class d amps need to be repaired or upgrades, nothing innovative there.

@milpai

Your baseless speculation regarding my motives, interests, financial situation, and other off topic concerns of yours add nothing to this discussion. You appear to have some personal issues you need to work out. Come back when you have something relevant to add.

In the meantime, recognize that this is a forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions. Opinions differ. We are all free to express our ideas and opinions, as long as they are respectful and on topic. Your personal attacks reflect your difficulty dealing with opinions that don't align with your own. Take a deep breath and either deal with it or find some other, more constructive, outlet for your aggression.

@kuribo 

If you want to provide opinions and want others to read them, then be prepared to read others opinions too. My opinion, based on your attacks on Atmasphere and the GaN1 discussions, is that you are creating noise.  Have you used/auditioned a GaN Vs Purifi amlpifier side-by-side? It is easy to see a person's posts here and in all Class D discussions you do the same thing. Reminds me of a certain guy from down under who constantly used to oppose Class D. In your case, you feel Purifi is the only amplification that manufacturers must stick to and all other Class D are crap.

Your personal attacks reflect your difficulty dealing with opinions that don't align with your own.

I don't have any opinions on Class D. I do go through the forums and discussions to understand more on this type of amplification. I am not leaning toward either Purifi or GaN.

Of course, you can have your own opinion. But strange that you don't remember your own word from 09/22/2022 09:56PM, and keep hammering on the same thing over and over again.

Sadly, there are many small minded people who can't accept that their opinions on the matter are unimportant to a great many.

@milpai 

you feel Purifi is the only amplification that manufacturers must stick to and all other Class D are crap.

I have never said such a thing. That is simply your distorted interpretation. There are many well designed, well performing class d amps at great prices. I have taken issue with products that, in my opinion, offer less performance at far greater price, than class d amps available from numerous other sources. I believe I have mentioned Orchard Audio, as well as those sold by  many manufacturers with Hypex or Purifi modules, as amps that provide state of the art performance at very reasonable prices. They represent outstanding value.

If you wish to debate the veracity of my statements, or wish to argue the performance/value of the amps I have mentioned, by all means, feel free. Your previous comments have mostly consisted of personal attacks and off topic speculation, and have been rightly removed. Stick to the topic at hand and leave out the aggressive frustration if you wish to have an adult discussion.

Is it really a binary choice? What I am saying is making an amp easy to service and update should be part of it’s design and doesn’t need to be an expensive operation to perform. How hard is it to remove a few screws, unattach a few wires, and swap a module?

@kuribo 

😀 Apparently you've not been on the service side of the industry to see how things are done. I agree, what you say above is true, but sadly often is not the case in practice. Customers are also wanting to know that someone stands behind their purchase, and that sadly too is lacking with a lot of inexpensive options.

Huh? I don’t recall saying an amp doesn’t need a power supply- I simply mentioned that linear supplies in this day and age are rather archaic. I specifically said that a module swap was all most class d amps need to be repaired or upgrades, nothing innovative there.

Nor did I say that you had... I was just pointing out that all amps need a supply- that's not going to change. WRT SMPSs, we found that if you really want to get the most out of any module, the supply should be designed for the application. When you do that, all of a sudden the use of a conventional supply is easier and less expensive.

Again, is it really a binary choice?

No, nor did I say it was. What you don't seem to get, despite this being told to you a number of times when you've chosen to troll threads like this, is you've failed to identify the market. For example, you don't seem to understand who our competition is. From the way you consistently single us out, its pretty clear that this has nothing to do with price since there are so many more class D products that are more expensive.  For some reason, this seems personal for you for reasons unclear to me.