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. 
erik_squires
addison:

If your going to copy and paste something from an article, you shouldn’t do just part of it.

Meh.  I included the source, and the rest of the paragraph doesn't really change the quote. If you were my editor and this was a site I was paid to post to I'd really really care. 

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@addyson 

You mean, like you just did?
Also, that is a paragraph, not an article my friend.

Eric, from what little I've learned (and George will probably help us out here) about Class D, there are modules: ICE, NCore, Pascal architecture, etc. One of the very interesting  and best things about Class D is that those modules can be made modified and made proprietary by engineers. 

E.g. I learned about the Class D "Cherry" amps on Audiocircle a few months back. the Co is the "Digital Amplifier Co", based in PA, and owned and operated by an electrical engineer and software engineer: Tommy O'Brien. And bigger companies do this too to get the best sound at a certain price point. 

Tommy is totally independent, he is the quintessential stay at home genius who prefers to do all his own work, keep it small, be nice and neighborly to all customers. 

https://www.cherryamp.com

[I ordered a Cherry Ultra amp, he builds them one at a time by hand: its a hybrid SS and Class Damp with an 1800w transformer, and  Class D output = 675watts into 4 ohms]
If your going to copy and paste something from an article, you shouldn’t do just part of it.

” "Duntechs, with their multiple drivers and complicated crossovers, are a very difficult load," 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.”