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The Future of Audio Amplification

I have recently paired an Audio Research DS225 Class D amplifier with an Audio Research tube preamplifier (SP8 mkii). I cannot believe how wonderful and lifelike my music sounds. The DS225 replaced an Audio Research SD135 Class AB amplifier. Perhaps the SD135 is just not as good as some of the better quality amps that are out there, but it got me thinking that amazingly wonderful sonance can be achieved with a tubed pre and Class D amp. I have a hunch that as more people experience this combination, it will likely catch on and become the future path of many, if not most audiophile systems. It is interesting that Audio Research has been at the forefront of this development.
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uberwaltz
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newest class D amps are so good and so cheap that you could just throw them away


What a wonderful throwaway society we now live in when we can even consider that statement as not only being relevant but likely the truth.
Very sad reflection of todays mindset and the times.
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Ah yes, the Rowland Daemon superintegrated.... Hope to have the opportunity of having one in my system some day and scribble about it... Meantime, for some info on Daemon, here is its page:

https://www.jeffrowlandgroup.com/daemon/

Saluti, G.

That beast looks like the stuff of class D wet dreams!
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The trolls have infiltrated this forum now. Too bad. It maybe shut down soon by moderators. Happens all over audiogon forums.
They have always been here , just seem to be getting more vociferous of late.
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George
I have looked over that Technics technology and hope that it may trickle down into more affordable components as right now 20k is a very hard sell to non believers.

Hopefully somebody can make it happen for a lot less dollar!
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Only dipped my toe in class D but the next revision in my main system will likely include some higher end class d as a trial.

My daughters system is powered by a little old NAD D3020 mk2 and it drives the Epos bookshelves to window rattling volumes with no detrimental musical artifacts that I can detect.

I replaced the two huge HT amps a couple of years ago with one tiny Nuforce 8 channel power amp that absolutely blew the other power amps out of the water in every aspect and that honestly surprised me.
Now I see empty space on my ht rack and have no desire to fill it with anything!
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