guidocorona
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| Class D = Trash? @ mmrkaicOn the contrary, I enjoy the sound of good class D as much as good class A/B and even some tubes.My own Rowland M925 amps, for one thing, sport NCore NC1200 modules, and run in class D.G. | |
| Class D = Trash? Aberyclark... Hmmmm.... Really?!George, funny thing that, trusting my own ears, I really can't hear any artifacts in my gear... SMPS switching at 450 Khz or so. Real heavenly actually.But I admit that some amps switching at similar frequencies are... | |
| Class D = Trash? madavid0, my experience with class D amps I had in my system is that two amps based on NCore and three based on ICEpower took about 1K hours. However, my current Rowland M925 monos reached at least 1500 hours before stabilizing.G. | |
| Class D = Trash? Very interesting point about switching frequencies… What is the acceptable switching friequency range is targeted by the pundits? Given that break-in of a class D power amp ranges from 600 hours to approximately 1500, asking a manufacturer t... | |
| Class D = Trash? Hello madavid0, please let me be the first to extend to you a warm welcome to the wonderful world of class D breakin Purgatory!For the next few weeks you shall be our guest... Though shall be regaled by the experience of gnashing of teeth, extreme... | |
| Class D = Trash? madavid0, what your amp does now is most likely a break-in artifact... Discount it for the next two weeks or so.If the behavior persists towards the end of the 3rd week, try switching the left/right inputs of the amp around. If the problem changes... | |
| Class D = Trash? I fully expect your D-Sonic to sound pretty ragged right now. And you should be prepared to its performance to fluctuate quite a bit for the first few hundred hours... Yes, this means that on occasion it might even sound worse than it does now....... | |
| Class D = Trash? madavid0, you can expect at least 600 hours to 1200 hours of break-in before a class D amp reaches peak performance.Basically, owning a class D amp requires a modicum of patience... These are not instant gratifiers.Like with any other classes of a... | |
| Too Much Power? Hi Noble, not sure which World BO1972 may be busy trying to depress, but it isn't my World for sure... Whenever I get a wif of an underappreciated-narcisistic-messianic pronouncement anywhere, and in any human domain, I cringe. | |
| Too Much Power? BO said..."Most people have no idea about the properties of an amp, source, cable, loudspeaker etc." I am not sure what "most people" know about the above.... I only know what I have experienced in some 60 years of making and listening to acoustic... | |
| Too Much Power? Hi Northernfox, one option, somewhat less expensive than Veritas, are the Theta Prometheus monos. Like Veritas they are based on the full NCore NC1200 modules, but instead of the NC1200/700 SMPS, Theta has designed its own power supply... I believ... | |
| Too Much Power? Hi Northernfox, as far as I know, the Merrill Thor monos are based on a form of Hypex UCD module, which from an architecture point of view sits below NCore.Having said the above, the power conversion module is but one factor in the performance of ... | |
| Too Much Power? Congrats about your new Bel Canto REF600 monos! I am quite familiar with amps based on NCore technology, owning a pair of NC1200-based Rowland M925s, and having also had in my system and written about the excellent NC1200-based Merril Veritas mo... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Sure thing Dave_B, would love to know what excellent cable you discovered... What it bests, and how.Saluti, G. | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings electroslacker, you may want to recalibrate your generalizations... Class D amps are analog devices, not digital. digital amps work on different principles.G. |