seanheis1
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| Class D Technology New class AB amp from Benchmark ABH2 also utilizes SMPS resulting in 132dB dynamic range. They had to cut costs somewhere to hit that $2995 price point. The dynamic range and THD numbers, while appearing to be unusually good, may be partly t... | |
| Class D Technology I've been living with ICEPower based amps for six months, I don't hear any of the issues being discussed, and my speakers have extension beyond 30kHz. Some folks hear the issues and others don't. Some folks are really sensitive to phase/point... | |
| Class D Technology I had the Ice Amp 125ASX2 and it was awful. | |
| Class D Technology The Rogue Pharaoh is an integrated though? Emotiva Monoblocks running 600 watts of power with their best preamp compared to a 185 watt Rogue integrated?? You can’t compare pricing on monoblocks plus preamp with an integrated that has a fraction of... | |
| Class D Technology I keep reading the negative comments on class D amps here and then listen to my Devialet 1000 to Maggie 20.7 setup for flaws. I know the Devialet is a class D hybrid design..... but the system just blows away all the other amps I have tried. For ... | |
| Class D Technology Fast forward 6 months and I can truly say the Emotiva gear was mid fi. The Rogue gear outclasses in in every way. I don't care that Magnepan says to avoid Class D. They are wrong for making such a blanket statement, and I was wrong for heeding t... | |
| Class D Technology The real strengths of Class D are low cost, high efficiency (about 85%) and because of the latter, smaller size as large heatsinks are not as important.Lower cost for manufactures, which seems to result in higher margins instead of reduced re... | |
| Class D Technology I am in the market for new amplification, moving on from my trusty Krell KAV250 and was considering giving class d a try again. I say again as about 3 years ago i tried a pair of bel canto 500m mononblocks and found them to be so cold and steril... | |
| Elac power DAC Bash Amp Sorry about the bump but does anyone have any comments on BASH? | |
| Class D Technology Companies such as Devialet are creating hybrid AD Amplifiers. In theory, that could be the best of both worlds with sound & efficiency. Are the hybrid amps subject to the same issues with phase & bandwidth? | |
| Class D Technology I recall when I was in college I could hear well to 20khz. I know because I ran tests.I also found it much harder to get sound that was not fatiguing. This is back in analog days even. These days I know I cannot hear to that extent which is norm... | |
| Class D Technology So its pretty much on par with everything else audio these days. Some like it and some not so much.its nice to have choices.The difference is Class D will only continue to get even better.Someday soon everyone may agree. Mapman - I would say Cl... | |
| Worth Upgrading Marantz 1504 AV Receiver with Power Amp? mb1audio - thanks for the listings. A lot of older power amps but I don't think Class A/AB has advanced much in the 21st Century. Paraneer - I thought of an integrated amp, but I need the bass management that the AVR provides because I have the sp... | |
| Class D Technology If you are listening to Diana Krall, and you hear Katy Perry, the problem is much larger than amplifier technology. You either have one heck of a malfunctioning system, a set of speakers that were dropped out of a truck before being delivered ... | |
| Class D Technology But they still had a stripping of the harmonic structure of the upper/midrange and highs, leaving what seemed to be just the fundamental with no decay and an opaque sound with larger than usual "nothing" gaps in the music. This is the perfect d... |