notevenclose
pfm Member
I have a NuForce amp, which I think is Class D. I like it, but while it's rated at 60W, it's pretty gutless. I'm beginning to think Class D Watts are the opposite of Class A watts, ie, less usable welly than the numbers would suggest.
I'm not so sure that's universally the case, any more than one can legitimately say all ported loudspeakers suffer from this or all direct drive turntables are afflicted by that. At worst, there are exceptions to every rule. Co-incidentally, I was discussing one particular brand of amplifiers with a speaker designer this afternoon, he was telling me that the amp manufacturer believes passionately in his Class D designs but the market prefers the AB models. Feeling is this is prejudice created by early/cheap/badly implemented designs.
And I had a lengthy chat with a designer of high end valve power amps recently who commented that he thought one of the best sounds at Munich in 2019 was being created by a system featuring Class D amplification.
Anyway, there will come a time when the only way you'll be able to buy a Class A amp from a dealer is if you meet him in an underground car park at midnight with a carrier bag full of tenners...