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
" Once Class D is close enough in quality even some of the deep pocket Krell, Pass etc guys will switch.
Once that happens they will sell thier existing gear which will gradually bring the value of that existing gear down giving not so deep pockets the chance to own true high end as it exists today."

And why exactly is this going to happen if Class D isn't demosntarbly better? 

Ok, ok, ok...so I hooked up my upgraded Krell Vanguard and compared to the BlueSound Powernode 2 it sounds....drumroll please.....more weighty, organic and smoother with increased presence.  I can also turn it up louder and the it doesn't get harsh.  That said, I still think that Class D has great potential.
With so many Class D amps and price points it's not possible so say Class D is not there yet, or I tried and it is not good enough yet etc...

All that can really be said is " I tried one or two and that particular amp was not as good as my...."  

We really cannot paint across the whole Class D universe with a broad brush. It is reasonable you like this or that amp better. 

I like my digital amp better then many of Tube and Class A amps I have owned, but I cannot say it bests all amps in the amp universe. 
Breaking in my Totem Forest Signatures playing "Slipping Away" by the Stones from Stripped Album.  My BlueSound Vault 2 is feeding my Krell Vanguard Digital via a new MIT Magnum Digital Coax cable....sound like a wet dream, where tube guy impregnated SS GIRL a bouncing baby Dream was born!!