Class D is affordable and sounds as good or better the SS/Valve why buy anything else ?


I have spent a fair amount of my hard earned money on big ticket brand new SS and VT/Valve amplifiers over the years without hesitation, with state of the art 2019 class D amplifiers becoming cheaper and sounding better, i wouldn't join in again.

For older technology amplifiers SS VT/Valve to compete with State of the art class D, Their prices are going up and up.

One example is Pilium Audio from Greece or Bulgaria their Divine Line the prices are all over £100,000 for their pre amps and power amps, I know the UK importer he said they sound OK,

Another example FM Acoustics again up to and over £100,000 for pre and power amps. i have owned FM Acoustics pre and power again their OK,

I am not saying they do not sound good, i am saying why spend this much when state of the art class D probably sounds as good now and can only improve with the GaN capacitors and is nearly up to 100 times cheaper.

Is there still a market for multi thousand £$s SS or VT/Valve amplifiers ?

When class D finally overtakes SS VT/Valves what will people do with their multi thousand £$ amplifiers, keep them knowing there is something better ? Or will we see the market flood with exotic used amplifiers ?

Digital technology is rapidly growing pace and becoming cheaper, with GaN capacitors being introduced the sound is going to get better and better and will slowly or quickly become even more affordable.

If you had 50,000 to spend on an Amplifier, would you buy a high ticket SS amplifier and hope for the best ?

Would you stay safe and go with high ticket valve amp, class D can never match good valves right ?

Or would you sit tight and see how the GaN capacitors can further improve the performance of state of the art class D ?

Please feel free to join in, everybody is welcome, i think its a very delicate/touchy discussion for some people with big bucks invested in older type amplifiers.
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No religion, just data and facts.

And hype.  A truly unbelievable amount of hype.
No hype just facts. The objective data and subjective feedback of today’s best class d speaks for itself.

miveraaudio
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No religion, just data and facts. Religion is believing something is better with no data and facts to back it."

Actually what you are doing hear is exactly what you seem to be complaining about you have your own Bible and set of "facts" based on your fervent beliefs, faith, and convictions and because these are in direct oppositional conflict in fact, theory, and science with those which you do not embrace you insult those with who you disagree as being religious when it is demonstably shown that the simple element at work here is that you have little or no tolerance for those of different religions!

miveraaudio
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The objective data and subjective feedback of today’s best class d speaks for itself."

On this single, solitary, lone point I agree with you completely the consistent, reliable, repeated, verifiable, subjective data and experience with Class D shows, demonstrates, and reveals it to be an immature, undeveloped, incomplete technology that while it may hold promise, hope, and favorable prospect for the future is not in it's present form, level, and execution even near approaching high performance audio.