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Mytek slams Hypex in Stereophile Amp Review

Mytek's chief designer, Michal Jurewicz, told me. "Hypex [class-D modules] cannot drive it, the amps collapse, but this Brooklyn Amp does it with ease."

https://www.stereophile.com/content/mytek-brooklyn-amp-power-amplifier

Which is pretty interesting, because the closest I could find to their specs is from ICEpower modules. :) 

I've not been able to do comparisons with Hypex vs. ICEpower amps, so I have no idea what this is about. I use both but certainly not with difficult speakers. 
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Very confusing thread.  The Stereophile (source) article says:

"Though Mytek ultimately chose an amplifier module from the Danish company Pascal A/S, it's far from an off-the-shelf version. "We use one Pascal," Jurewicz wrote, "but the module is heavily modified.
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/mytek-brooklyn-amp-power-amplifier#44hgh8sJMVVfdyJY.99"
 
But Erik says he thinks Mytek uses an ICE module; does he have any reason to believe the article is wrong?
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