Why no Class D integrated love? (from manufacturers)

C5i is all digital. Analog inputs are converted to digital.   My only reservation is I wish it were more than 60w/ch.  The Bel Canto ref1000m Class D amps in my main rig are 500w/ch. 

Dark side? Could be. In what way? Going digital? I haven’t arrived anywhere radically new audio wise in recent years. Maybe I started out that way.

I even convert my vinyl to digital and play it from my music server from there. Sounds just like the vinyl despite now digital. How does that happen?

I listen to the beautiful totally engaging music they produce effortlessly with my big Ohm F5s or any other speaker I choose at any volume I choose,  without ever breaking a sweat. I also run a pair of Kef ls50s off them in a smaller room (along wih separate powered sub) and the results are spectacular. Come hear it sometime!

kosst amojan:"You do realize you're using those amps at their highest possible distortion power level, right?"

Wrong, good class D amps don't behave like traditional linear amps.  They have extremely low distortion (like .005%) over the entire power curve up to max output without clipping.  Oh, they have very high S/N ratios and exceptional dynamics due to all the extra power, too.  You're really missing out on something spectacular.


mapman,

 Amen, brother!  Class D is the cat's pajamas.

I use 1,200 watt class D mono blocks on my 86dB Magnepans and beautiful totally engaging music with an effortless quality is a very good description of what I'm hearing, too.  Plus the dead-quiet background and powerful dynamics.

Enjoy,
 Tim