I have not heard the new Technics that use these new transistors, so I do not know how they would compare to the current crop of the better class D amps.... But sure am curious.
Have you heard these new Technics SE-R1 amps yet? If you have, please let us know your first hand impressions.
Saluti, G.
No I haven’t yet as the Technics SE-R1 is unobtainium here in Australia, and you need to order them and have deep pockets in counties that do retail them.
But from the number of Class-D’s I had here listened to and measured, they (Technics) seem to address to a certain extent the problems that they all have still, which is the filtering that has to get of the switching frequency noise, without it effecting the audio band in any way, and the only way to do this is to raise the switching frequency by at least triple, Technics have done double with the SE-R1 so were on the way.
But these are typical of reviews (below) of the sound they give out from those that have heard it, and there are more from others on the web.
" Listening to tracks that we’ve heard 100s of times — and on excellent systems at that — is now a revelation of once hidden nuance and detail. Not only are we hearing things we’d never heard before, we’re hearing it in a way we’ve never heard it before. A music system that sounds like a live performance is a tough goal to attain, but Technics’ flagship nails it."
Cheers George
