Hey That's Not So Bad if It's Class D


 So I don't have an amp right now & was fiddling around in the kitchen with music playing from my Samsung big screen when I realized the sound coming from the living room wasn't too bad...Bass had good definition but no depth or impact,drums sound like drums but again no impact,I can tell Slow Hands Strat from BB's Gibson & Greg Allman 's latter years rasp comes through with just enough gravel......There's no low level detail but I attribute that to the internal speakers..
Epiphany!!! I am most likely listening to a modern Class D Amplifier in the Samsung...If it is indeed Class D color me impressed enough to explore  the tech further....
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Hi there
I built a few amplifiers using PCB's that bought from AMAZON. It is important what chips are installed there. I like devices based on TDA7498 and TDA8950 and I don't like TPA3116D2. You must check it in their description. Also, the strongest power depends on the power voltage and if the tell you that output power can be 100W+100W and the voltage can be 12-24VDC you can get 100W per channel only for 24VDC. And one think more: highest power (say, 100W) produces 10% of THD or THD+noise. Good enough sound can be just to half of this power (50W for this case). Open my page in LinkedIn (Vladimir Benkhan). There are several articles there about high-quality sound.