In my case, better. After the second repair of my 65 lb. Odyssey Stratos amp, which required lugging it to and from shipping facilities, I gave up after it failed a third time. I was determined to find something powerful, yet much lighter. My solution was Mike Kallelis' Arion Audio S500 stereo Class D amp. It was more powerful, at 500 watts per channel, than the Stratos. But the big surprise was the excellent synergy between the S500, my McIntosh C220 tube pre, and my Ohm Walsh 2000 speakers. An annoying peak at about 7kHz, which I had attributed to the Ohms, vanished. The Arion might be very slightly more neutral and less warm than the Stratos, but the elimination of that peak was worth way more to me. I have had the amp for 6 years now, with no issues and no interest in upgrading it. It runs cool, and weighs only about 22 lbs. A very good value, too, IMHO.
Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse?
I heard a class D amp the other day (Lyngdorf) and it sounded really good. I liked the minimalism of it also. But, I need to own a amp for a couple of months to really know if I like it or not. I don't like room correction ether, so I just liked the sound without that.
Curious, has anyone ever switched from a class AB or class A amp to a class D amp? If so, did you regret it? Was it a downgrade in sound? Or was it upgrade in sound?