In light of all the gushing about how wonderful Class D integrated amps are today I find it curious that none made Stereophile’s 2018 Recommended Component list.There are class D integrateds listed. As a matter of fact, there are a few Stereophile Class A class D integrateds listed. The editor’s note is kind of misleading. What it says is that there were no Stereophile Class D integrates listed.
Stereophile Class D meaning:
Class D
Satisfying musical sound, but these components are either of significantly lower fidelity than the best available, or exhibit major compromises in performance-limited dynamic range, for example. Bear in mind that appearance in Class D still means that we recommend this product-it’s possible to put together a musically satisfying system exclusively from Class D components.
See here:https://www.stereophile.com/content/recommended-components-fall-2018-edition-how-use-listings