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Class A amplifiers are "high-end, audiophile quality", class D is about as low as you can go
by basicplus2 6y ago
Class A amplifiers are "high-end, audiophile quality", class D is about as low as you can go
- dsr_ 6y agoSorry, this is completely incorrect. A, B, A/B, and D all refer to the amplifier topology, not to the quality.
- basicplus2 6y agoSorry you are incorrect, Only in Class A is the whole of the signal contained in the operating area of the transistor, thus only class A amplifiers transfer the whole of the original signal on to each successive stage. Class B C and D chop more and more out of the crossover point out of the signal as it passes through each stage.
- phkahler 6y agoThat used to be true, but it seems class D has got quite good. This prompted me to look up the old LM12 but I cant find it anywhere but Ebay. Must be out of production.
- jordanthoms 6y agoThere's plenty of extremely high quality class D amps around now that exceed the performance of Class A, e.g. the Benchmark AHB2 ( https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-benchmark-ahb2-amp.7628/ https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/r... )