With the increasing popularity of class D amplification these days, it's seems more and more manufacturers are embracing it as the amplification of choice for their newer or even flagship products.
NAD, Primare, Cyrus, Classe, Mark Levinson....the list goes on and on.
Obviously for environmental reasons moving forward the efficiency of Class D makes it a firm favourite to become the amplification of the future.
Is there a real danger that the typically less efficient class A or A/B will become a thing of the past altogether?
I wouldn't be overly knowledgeable on the current efficiency regulations facing manufacturers but is it likely for the topologies we know and love to become unsustainable and rendered completely obsolete in the decades to come?
Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely appreciative to the plight our planet faces and the action being taken to reduce emissions.
Now I have absolutely nothing against class D, in fact some of the best setups I've had the pleasure to experience have used class D amplification, but I know it has its critics and advocates.
I suppose I'm asking will it,
for better or for worse,
be our only option in the not so distant future?
Thoughts ?
NAD, Primare, Cyrus, Classe, Mark Levinson....the list goes on and on.
Obviously for environmental reasons moving forward the efficiency of Class D makes it a firm favourite to become the amplification of the future.
Is there a real danger that the typically less efficient class A or A/B will become a thing of the past altogether?
I wouldn't be overly knowledgeable on the current efficiency regulations facing manufacturers but is it likely for the topologies we know and love to become unsustainable and rendered completely obsolete in the decades to come?
Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely appreciative to the plight our planet faces and the action being taken to reduce emissions.
Now I have absolutely nothing against class D, in fact some of the best setups I've had the pleasure to experience have used class D amplification, but I know it has its critics and advocates.
I suppose I'm asking will it,
for better or for worse,
be our only option in the not so distant future?
Thoughts ?