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Mytek slams Hypex in Stereophile Amp Review

Mytek's chief designer, Michal Jurewicz, told me. "Hypex [class-D modules] cannot drive it, the amps collapse, but this Brooklyn Amp does it with ease."

https://www.stereophile.com/content/mytek-brooklyn-amp-power-amplifier

Which is pretty interesting, because the closest I could find to their specs is from ICEpower modules. :) 

I've not been able to do comparisons with Hypex vs. ICEpower amps, so I have no idea what this is about. I use both but certainly not with difficult speakers. 
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Class D amps remain controversial in high-end circles. I did a lot of reading about them before finally buying one (a used Wyred4Sound ST-500 built around an ICEPower core) to use w/my ATC SCM12 Pros. I was struck by how balkanized much of the commentary was: armed camps w/Class A and AB lovers on one side, and Class D lovers on the other. And the Class D ranks were riven with dissent over the positive/negative attributes of various amp cores (Ncore vs ICEPower vs Pascal). 

I don't have a pair of big speakers w/subs built in to test the Wyred4Sound on. But I can tell you it drives these ATCs extremely well. Among other things, I'm getting the best bass I've ever heard from a 2-way speaker. With a Marchand external/electronic crossover & sub in the system, I don't need anything below 80Hz from the ST-500; but I've done plenty of listening without the sub, and the bass is very fine--impactful & tuneful all the way up through the upper bass. Plus there's none of the etched upper mids or treble one kept hearing about with Class D amps 10-15 yrs ago.

Does that mean I'd use Class D if I had a big, expensive living room system? Maybe, maybe not. But IMO, Class D is definitely "on the table" now as a quality sonic option in various high-end applications.
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