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Buyer Beware
congrats 2 sns!   
Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse?
@atmasphere "target load in mind, which might be 4 or 8 Ohms” - in my 40y + sound works I haven’t seen such speaker, with purely resistive load (2/4/6/8/12/16)! In order to design output filter properly, we need to take complex model of loading, i... 
Buyer Beware
@sdorfman58 you may check if your purchase is compliant with USB standard / pass certification / etc here: https://www.usb.org/compliance    
SUT Interconnects
Lewm, here is some cable manufacturer material to read about cables. There is also amplifier circuit input capacitance, which could be quite hard to measure. http://www.mogami.com/e/notes/capacitance.html "For cable using material having good hig... 
Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables?
"Difference in sound between copper and silver digital cables?” copper cable with air only dielectric will perform better than any silver + lossy + high-Er/TanD dielectric cable!  
SUT Interconnects
"By using a meter which measures capacitance” yeah.. capacitance changes vs frequency, that’s why I measure capacitance / inductance / loss / resistance at 50/1000/10000/20000Hz points.   
Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse?
@atmasphere "Actually there are a few class D amps that have a better first Watt than a good number of class A amps.” - list of “few” and “good” ones will be helpful!  Analog output filter question: how output filter is designed, order, phase v f... 
Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse?
@niodari you may read about class D design here: https://people.engr.tamu.edu/s-sanchez/ECEN%20607%20Class%20D%202011.pdf  
Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse?
@niodari "You can certainly have a class D amplifier which is better than many class A ones” - better in what sense, max power perhaps? You may dial 500mW output @ 1kHz sine on any D class and A class amp and compare waveforms to understand D clas... 
SUT Interconnects
MC to SUT connection is a “low impedance: high current, low voltage” one, while SUT to Phono-amp is a “high impedance: low current, high voltage” variant of it. SUT to Phono-amp connection is very sensitive to RFI and other outside noise, thus sho... 
Has anyone switched from Class AB/A to Class D? Was it better? Was it worse?
@atmasphere +1 "If you know what you are doing you can build a class D amp that is in the driver’s seat rather than the back seat WRT any other kind of amplifier technology." its applicable to everything!   
Cable Quest
@faustuss I calculated total conductor gauge, which is 5awg for whole cable.. per leg you are correct w/ 8awg number, -thx!   
Help! Pre amp turning on by itself.
"Help! Pre amp turning on by itself.” - any response from manufacturer? who is it?   
Cable Quest
SC: the best sounding I found one is KimberKable 12TC, which is about 5AWG.. measured very low loop inductance and resistance, ultra high resolution sound w/ Accuphase pre/amp and B&W speakers.   
Cable Quest
@stringreen “...they also sound different depending on what they're attached to.” +1 - cables are not dominant factor, unless bad/faulty ones replaced with good ones.