Stringreen rightfully so but my point is that Class D amps are fast efficient with less parts. But let me make it clear I'm not completely ready to give up my Conrad Johnson amp and I will use your words, not yet. I will use Class D amps because I like what they bring to the table so I will use both. If I get bored with one I will insert the other.
Time to buy a class D amp?
Will some new class D amplifiers outperforming the current ones appear soon
(the newest ones i know were released a few years ago)?
Class D amps attract me as I consider them the most ecological ones with obvious non-auditionable benefits.
I have no doubts that they posses the maximum ratio performance/sound quality among the amplifiers of all classes.
At the same time, the sound quality the class D amplifiers that I have auditioned produce, although is quite good,
but not yet ideal (for my taste).
I use PS Audio Stellar S300 amp with PS audio Gain Cell pre/DAC with Thiel CS 3.6 speakers in one of my systems.
The sound is ok (deep bass, clear soundstage) but not perfect (a bit bright and somehow dry, lacking warmness which might be more or less ok for rock but not for jazz music).
I wonder if there are softer sounding class D amps with the same or better details and resolution. Considering two reasonable (as to the budget) choices for test, Red Dragon S500 and Digital Audio Company's
Cherry 2 (or Maraschino monoblocks), did anybody compare these two?
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If I may just a thought to keep in mind. The newer Low Mass amps give remarkable performance, but as with all things sometimes (most of the time) changes require system changes as a whole. Converting from higher mass to lower is a big change. For one thing a growth in soundstage that can easily double and more, when system setup is done correctly. enjoy Michael |
Ralph Karsten of Atmosphere was granted a patent on Class D architecture, https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=10469042&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnp... |
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