@johnsonwu Thanks for that. I've read the same thing in reviews as well. Still would love to have the SU-R1000. 😄
All the best,
Nonoise
Technics SU-R1000 - Good but not the king of switching amps
Was looking at the measurements for the Technics SU-R1000 Integrated published by Stereophile. I never bother with the reviews of the sound quality as there’s 1 reviewer there whose ears I trust and it’s not this reviewer.
To be clear, this IS a digital amplifier, and is not a Class D amplifier. Atmasphere will always disagree with me, but given Technics nomenclature and the use of an A/D converter, and PWM output I think if any amplifier qualifies as digital this one does.
What I find kind of interesting here is that the measurements are OK but not absolute Class D killing results. I am particularly unimpressed by the performance of the impedance compensation circuit, LAPC, which at the end of the day does not seem to have performed significantly better than actual, non GaNFET amplifiers, particularly in removing the effects of the output filters Class D amps require. I really hoped to see a huge win here... but it’s not. It’s just making the PWM perform almost as good as a true Class D amplifier.
I have not heard this integrated, but the claims and expectations laid out for the technology seem to not be proven in the measurements. This is a very expensive integrated that does everything differently, and measures about the same as previous generation, also excellent sounding, Class D engines I’ve seen measured.
My stance that Class D was already very good and that new, faster switching amps would have to be truly spectacularly better to unseat them remains, in my mind, uncontested.
Can’t wait to see everyone trashing Class D on the measurements suddenly decide that this amp should be heard and not measured.
@johnsonwu Thanks for that. I've read the same thing in reviews as well. Still would love to have the SU-R1000. 😄 All the best, |
So it's not class D but a fully digital amp. Who cares what ASR says about it? All the best, |