I will preface my remark by saying I have not listened to any of Class D amps except at a couple of the Audio shows so I won't attempt to argue or debate the issues of sonics but to follow up on Ralph's (Atmasphere) points; I don't think Ralph thinks/thought that we (most audiophiles) would in fact have our amps, pre, DAC's etc for 10+ years, although we certainly could if we got off this merry-go-round, Ralph knows the Audiophile weaknesses. The point as I see it is, tube amps will have value after that 10-20+ years where the "D" amp will be worth 000000. No one will be able to service the "D" amp if one of the chips or digital circuits should fail. At that point the amp is worthless. Case in point, I have several 50-60's Fisher, Scott, and Marantz pieces that are worth more today than the day they were sold new and in the Marantz case many, many times its original value. If I can't fix these pieces most qualified techs can get them back up and running.
Ralph if I have miss-interpreted your point please correct me............Bob
Ralph if I have miss-interpreted your point please correct me............Bob