GaN Class D amps are already outdated, it's time for GaN on Diamond!


The title is a bit of a troll for everyone who kept saying that Class D wouldn't be high-end until GaN transistors appeared.

But the truth is advanced GaN transistors on diamond substrates may be coming soon, further elevating the switching speed and power efficiency.

Will they sound better?  Meh, I like early 21st century Class D. :)

 

erik_squires

Showing 5 responses by mark200mph

I got the new mcintosh class d just because it has the classic needles on meter with the blue hue.it might be a fancy case it's 2k more than my d sonic.it has 4 hype modules with mcintosh front end tweek.i don't even know if mcintosh outsourced it.mc1502.denon,marantz ,parasound and others have gotten on board so they don't lose Markey share and compition is a good thing .I like my ps audio 1200 too.i have a mix of class a,ab ,d,h and so on its like tube rolling.some of the chili tube stuff is ok but I like to buy american.enjoy the music stay healthy.

So the emotiva xpr 1 shiftr to class h in300wpc to to2 k wpc some of the old carver i think is class h like . Look at the specs on the emotiva xpr 1 it's as good as my michi m8 mono blocks

Have several carver amps including tubes all on surge protectors hope that keeps the house from going up.i like the 760x the specs on those are good but that was some of his last ones. They don't have grounds on the plug have read some shocking  experience as well