Trust me. Class A amps are very easy to build. The F5 is very simple compared to typical commercial products, but if you want to see brutal simplicity, go look at Nelson's Zen Variations. You'll never find a class D that simple. I honestly think class A is where to start building amps. They avoid a lot of the complications that plague other designs. You're going to be extremely hard pressed to beat something like a simple PassDIY amp built in dual mono. You'll never buy that kind of quality for equivalent money, not even close. What is 41 watts of Pass class A power worth? Way more than what it cost me to build, and that's why I go that route.
How important is component “aesthetics” to you?
Obviously, performance, sound, etc is what matters most. However, some super fine, high performance products are just plain ugly. Aesthetcs does play an important role for me since we have placed a lot of emphasis on furnishing our home.
Anyway, my search for a preamp has led me to the conclusion that ugly is more the norm. I love the look of glowing tubes with the Primalunas, mystere, Atma-sphere, Rogers, Decware, mapletree etc. In the solid state world, the macs have those famous blue meters. Even the “fake tube” older Peachtree components looked really nice.
Just curious how “ looks” play a role when choosing components?
Anyway, my search for a preamp has led me to the conclusion that ugly is more the norm. I love the look of glowing tubes with the Primalunas, mystere, Atma-sphere, Rogers, Decware, mapletree etc. In the solid state world, the macs have those famous blue meters. Even the “fake tube” older Peachtree components looked really nice.
Just curious how “ looks” play a role when choosing components?
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