There is about 1% of switching voltage noise on the speaker cable since filter is not perfect but, as I said before, 1/300 wavelength antenna won't radiate. In addition, electricity in speaker cable flows in both directions canceling the most of RF (if any). When you place radio directly on the wire you might get some capacitive coupling, but I doubt it. Many speaker cables are twisted making it completely inefective (better than shield) for electromagnetic radiation or capacitive coupling (both ways - from cable or to cable).
Class D Technology
So I get the obvious strengths of Class D. Efficiency, power output & running cool which allows for small form factors. I also understand the weaknesses somewhat. 1. Non-linear & lots of distortion that needs to be cleaned up with an output filter.
So my question is, if it weren't for efficiency & power, would there be any reason to own a Class D amp? Do they beat Class A in any other categories that count for sound quality?
So my question is, if it weren't for efficiency & power, would there be any reason to own a Class D amp? Do they beat Class A in any other categories that count for sound quality?
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kijanki ... electricity in speaker cable flows in both directions canceling the most of RF (if any) ...There's nothing inherent about an AC circuit that makes it immune to RF, so it isn't clear what your point is here. |
When electricity flows in two wires in opposite direction it tends to cancel radiated EMF or capacitively coupled noise. Same goes for receiving - the closer two speaker wires are - the less susceptible they are to pick up anything. Twisted pair exposes both wires symmetrically to external fields making them almost immune to coupled or radiated noise. That's why in any circuit design signal and return should always go closely together to avoid any loops. The point of my post was that cable (two wires where electricity flows in opposite direction) is a very poor antenna for radiating and receiving. Twisted pair is practically no antenna at all. |
There is about 1% of switching voltage noise on the speaker cable since filter is not perfect but, as I said before, 1/300 wavelength antenna won't radiate. In addition, electricity in speaker cable flows in both directions canceling the most of RF (if any). When you place radio directly on the wire you might get some capacitive coupling, but I doubt it. Many speaker cables are twisted making it completely inefective (better than shield) for electromagnetic radiation or capacitive coupling (both ways - from cable or to cable). You may find this of interest: https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/3977 scroll down to: Minimizing EMI with Spread-Spectrum Modulation |
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