Over the years of owning various classes of amplifiers I have come to realize that excellence in amplifier power supply design is far more important than cross over distortion.
Class A to XX Watts
I've only used pure Class A (Aleph J), never an amp that started out in Class A for the first few watts only. Wouldn't the transition out of Class A be audible? Seems to me that if it is then that would be a bad thing. If it isn't audible, then why would anyone design it that way to begin with (marketing?)?