High End Amp Price Collapse musings


If Class D amplification becomes accepted by audiophiles there should be a glut of high end amps (Krell, Levinson, Pass etc) becoming available on the used market at prices a fraction of what they are now.

Think CRT TV when the flat panels began emerging.I think Ill hold off on a new/used amp purchase for a little while. Maybe I will bet a Boulder.

Has any one else considered this?

energeezer

Showing 1 response by 213runnin

It’s good to hear that $58K amps sound incredible, but at that price, they better. I don’t think that such a price range is really the heart and soul of the market place.

People have been starting threads like this, predicting the demise of solid state amps for at least a decade. I see no reason to change my view that class D will have its niche of the market, but no more. As others have mentioned, let’s wait for the demise of tubes and vinyl first.