Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Class D! More efficient is now in fact also better.     

You can still season the sound to personal preference elsewhere, if you must.  DSP is the ULTIMATE tweak.

It’s a no brainer to me these days. 

10 years ago, maybe not quite as much, but still often a tough call!

I’m over tubes, though I still think they look way cool.   AGD got that one covered if it matters.

Class D even soft clips like a tube amp to boot! 

The best of both worlds.

Get with the times, dinosaurs!!!! 

Yabba Dabba "D".  You heard it here first. :^)

@elliottbnewcombjr -- GREAT post! A much needed (and sadly, probably not much heeded) message. And a very refreshing change from the often trivial and sometimes neurotic postings. Not to mention the occasional seriously ignorant and / or sociopathic responses. Ah well, what a piece of work is man. . . .

Mine stay at Eleven. 

Wrssrw, did you know Pam bricker at hamp?

I am an unrepentant leaver on if at all possible person.  Class D amps, on 24/7 when we are in residence.  Tube things are only on when in use, which when we are here in FL is about 6-8 hours/day.  Why does this not bother me?  Well, our total consumption of KW hours is less than half any of our neighbors who live in very similar homes.  How can that be so?  We invested in the highest efficiency HVAC system on the market, we invested in solar, we keep our thermostat set at a conservative 78 degrees F (remember this is AC country in South Florida) against the more typical 72 degrees.  Also, leaving the Class D amps on is better for them.  So, you need to take a wholistic view of issues like this rather than settle on stereotypical assumptions formed decades ago.