LOL, I had to go look up what an E-bike was, isn't that sad, I'm getting old or lazy lol.
As far as A AB or D my favorite would be based on Tuning. That means, parts in a big heavy chassis? Nope, I can beat those up with a low mass amp of any type. Amps that have tons of dampening? Nope I want something I can apply variable tuning to. Amps with shielded transformers? Nope, I like open field designs. There are lot of criteria I have for amps A AB and D isn't one of them.
JA measuring amps means zero to me. I'm more interested in his latest test equipment (JA is a test equipment junky, in a good way).
Distortion? I haven't met anyone from this forum yet that deals with a well rounded view of distortion and the effects of. Lets see would that be effects or affects (wink). Here's a quick example. I walk into a listening room to listen with some guy talking about amp distortion and how he can hear it. Now we're standing in an untuned room and our breathing is at 10dB without anything else happening. He talks and I instantly can hear the room distorting, why and where. No music yet and we're at 55dB. So we turn on the music and I'm hearing all kinds of things happening that can and should be Tuned to give us the best soundstage for that recording, 65-95dB. Then after I do some tuning he's going to want me to tune it differently to his ears.
What am I thinking about his claim to hear the difference in .02 distortion? Excuse me I have to use the bathroom and read my Stereophile :)
Michael