Class D is just Dandy!

I love all the comments but their is really no comparison, class D is not as musical as a class A amps. Not saying that anyone shouldn’t love their class D amps but let’s not fool ourselves into believing they’re on par with a good class A amp. Like I said earlier I paid 12k for a very reputable manufacturers class D amp and it made me want to trash the rest of my system and speakers. It drove me crazy for over a year and then I finally ended up buying a class A amp and now I can’t stop listening to music. It’s like I have my very own personal concert every night. 

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@bluesy41 - since you haven’t heard all Class D amps I wonder how you can make a blanket statement. If your $12K Class D amp was the Esoteric I-03 and you didn’t think it was musical then I wonder what “musical” is? I own the Esoteric I-03 and the Mark Levinson No. 585 and I they both sound fantastic to me.

class D is not as musical as a class A amps.

You have not heard a good one with a pair of Ohm Walsh speakers perhaps?

@sfseay -

I owned Mark Levington, Krell and ARC and their class D amps did not move me the way class A tube amps does. In fairness it could have more to do with it being solid state vs my preference tubes, however the best amp I ever heard was the Ayre MXR 20. So yes an ignorant statement on my part in saying all. I will clarify and say the class D amps I have heard didn’t sound as musical.

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Sorry bluesy41,

My experience does not match yours at all. 

I've heard many Class A which I liked less than the Parasound A/B amps, and those are the equal of the Class Ds I have now. I think the idea that all Class A is better than all class D is nonsense. 



Best,

E