Digital Amps? Marketing Hype?


Call me old school, but the very notion of a digital amp does not make sense to me. Is it just marketing hype or what? As I understand it, the signal fed to the amplifier is analog (even if the source is digital, it must still be converted to analog). What would a 'digital' amp do? Amplify the signal in discrete increments?

And what about the so called 'digital speakers'? That notion seems to stretch credibility even further! (cones powered by step motors?) Your thoughts on these issues...
jlamb

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I am interested in digital amps also. However, checking the forum archives, i found that some of the 'uncompromising' supporters of digital amps (BC evo and Spectron) replaced (some are selling them right now) their amps for the tube amps...?