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RE: Double standard....

"Some class d amps are cheap and some are expensive. Just like some ss and tube amps. But when a class d amp costs $10K, people whine and complain about how class d is suppose to be cheap and it must be a ripoff, never mind the performance. It's apparently ok though for a tube or ss amp to cost $100,000 and perform no better than the $10K class d....."

-For the record, I start to whine when any audio device starts to grossly exceeds the sum of the parts.

A good 2 channel amp shouldn't cost more then $4000-$5000 tops if one chooses to have premium parts.

I suppose people whine about expensive class D amps because at the core, they are using the same OEM chips as the cheaper ones. All that is left is a few incidental parts and a stout power supply which really isn't all that expensive.

There isn't any antique chips or chips hand made my an old Japanese guy to justify those kind of premiums.

"Class d is hardly "new". It has been around for at least 30-40 years. It has only been recently though that it has matured to the point were it can compete on an even basis with ss or tubes."

-Yes, that is why I put it into quotes, sorry for the confusion.
I suppose it has matured as much as standards have dropped. Also a potential market has been opened up in recent years.
Time will tell whether we actually need Class D for some devices, as battery technologies have pretty much offset the need for it.

"And while you haven't noticed that many were impressed by them, the growing list of manufacturers "switching" to class d products is quite substantial."

-Well sure, can't blame them for trying to make more money. Granted a lot are the same companies that have pushed everything else solid state over the past decades so it is not much of a leap.
Other companies are so obscure it is totally irrelevant to HiFi what they do.

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