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
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There are some great turbocharged four-cylinder engines, but they haven’t replaced V-8s or even V-12s. "There no replacement for displacement" is the adage in the auto industry. Perhaps the same is true with hi-fi.
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I haven't heard any class D amps that can surpass the sound quality of a good class A amp yet...."

+1...  I would also add in the inclusion of top Class A-B or Class B amps.

to the OP ----- not gonna happen anytime in the forseeable future ....
kalali: "Seriously? How many people outside of (some of) the folks who post here do you think are spinning a turntable? Look around and see how the next generation of young folks are consuming their music."

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/why-apple-and-beats-should-sell-turntables