Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable?

In class D amplifier "Voltage" is converted to "Duty Cycle", both analog - meaning there is no discrete steps (unlimited resolution). Duty cycle is back-converted to (amplified) voltage by filtering. Streaming and CDs both have limited resolution (16 bit in CDs).

What happens when your PWM’s oscillator signal frequency is not high enough? Who determines what frequency is "enough"? The resolution is not infinite unless the frequency is infinite (impossible). This is at least vaguely analogous to the sampling rate in digital quantization. Then you have the output filtering to smooth out artifacts from a finite frequency oscillator, and this is analogous to that phase of DA conversion.

@audiotroy the M33 accepts a digital signal, uses Dirac, then has a DAC, then an Amp.

Jerry

@fritzenheimer “Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable?"

being audiophile IS about wasting money! :-) 

Sure! nice DD/heavy-BD TT with good cartridge is $$$$!

I see you are looking to replace M33 with.. I would recommend to look class A amp if you don’t need more than 40W output power, AB class SS amps with high bias are cool when you need to shake the3 walls! Tube amps, sound extremely “analog” and are more “analog” than SS brothers, but pl be prepared for high maintenance cost, tube replacement etc. 

Hoowee !

The big brains are out today!

You guys are impressive...