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Future of analog controlled class 'D' amps?

Here's an interesting article on the technology
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/amplifiers/digital_classD_amplifiers.html

Does anyone here think that they will ever compete with class 'A' amps in terms of sound quality?
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atmasphere
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Ndeslions, I'd like to agree with you because I could stop with the foolishness I'm in up to my neck with already. But the amps you mentioned don't challenge even what *I'm* doing so imagine what would happen if someone came along that could get it right :)

Seriously, they do have a ways to go yet.
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A lot depends on the 'Class A' amplifier. Do you mean class A transistor- maybe, if class A transistor amps do not improve at all in the future- which is unlikely.

Given that class A tube amps will not improve at all in the future :), again maybe.

Overall you will see Class D take over the bottom end of the solid-state market, and make forays into the high end. Since it is not a mature technology yet, price/performance curves *do* suggest that class D will be challenging the current art. But not today. Give it 5 years and lets see if conventional technology does not improve as well.
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