Gainclone vs. Pure Class-A

I'm thinking about a moving to Gainclone amps from pure class A or class AB. Do gainclone amps consume a lot less electricity than Class A or AB amps? Some of my Class A and Class AB amps draw 200-300 watts at idle and require quite a bit of warm-up time as well. I'm hoping to move onto good sounding amps that won't draw so much. I don't mind waiting for the amps to warm up. It is the draw that is getting me now. I'm jsut trying to trim the electric bill.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Auxetophone

Thanks for chiming in. You make some valid points. I'm going to scrutinize my electric bill further and do the math on consumption. Then I'm going to check on prices of the Class D amps I like or have heard good things about. I didn't look too deeply into the cost of upgrading into Class D amps. Some of the nice ones are min $1000 which is a good amount for me.

I like your rationale for justifying the expense. Good stuff.

Dave aka Armstrod. Thanks for chiming in as well. I'll look at those Patek amps. I was looking at the Monarchy SM-70 amps but when I saw how much electricity each consumed I couldn't pull the trigger on them.