Hey, I hope that it's a real push forward for D amps, frankly.
That tech is either lauded or dumped on with annoying regularity in the various forums, but it's already Everywhere...Your phone, the car, the tv, the laptop....anything that has to speak or sing or play sounds @ you.
It will only improve in the long run...not that A-A/B will disappear, but they're already being eclipsed....rapidly.
Yesyesyes...I understand and appreciate the 'warmth & nuance' of the tube. The 'silk' of sound, if you will. Combined with the 'right' components, not to easily rivaled by SS.
To the 'golden eared' amongst us, there will be no equal.
BUT....I'll wager that within this decade, it's going to get more difficult to discern the difference so quickly. The music from behind that 'A/B curtain' will begin to fool the disclaimers.
That 'discussion' has been going on since the debut of the transistor...then, the IC....
In some ways, stuffing them into vacuum tube ought not to be a surprise.
You're looking @ what's happened after some bright sorts hooked a tv up to an early 'puter....and played PONG shortly after...
One can either get 'woke'...or prep for a coma. *G*
(Somebody buy this thing and run the cr*p out of it...that's the only way to see if it's worth getting excited about it. Works for racing vehicles...see if it breaks, and how, and why. Fix it, back to the track, and repeat as req'd.)
...until it doesn't. ;)
