The Future of Audio Amplification

This entire thread is about perspective. Which throne do you sit upon? I am a former bicycle racer. Which bike is best or what is the bicycle of the future? It all depends upon your perspective. Michael Green would be all about e-bikes s'far as I can tell. Again, which throne are you sitting upon? At the end of the day, we have moved light years in medicine and IT and have moved millimeters in audio technology. I own Class D in my car. It sounds good. But in my home, in my dedicated listening room, I prefer tubes. Which throne do you sit upon and what is your perspective? I don't really care, mind you, I have found what works best for me by trial and error. This Board is the silliest extreme of democracy. I enjoy it but I will protest here and there that some posts are vague, non-determinative, and sometimes, downright silly. Unlike photography in which digital has taken over most die hard film based stalwarts, audio is not going to change anytime soon. There will be SE tubes, Class AB tubes, Class A solid state, A-B solid state, and Class D and maybe more. Unlike photography, there will be no paradigm shifts in the next ten or twenty years.

My goal is to own a great representation of all class of amps . Having owned a Bryston 14bsst2 , Krell 300cx , Hypex Ncore 400 , Audio Research ref 75 , Exogal Ion , I find certain amps mate well with certain speakers . I have gone through roughly 30 pairs of speakers in the last 5 years . Each speaker brings out the best in every class of amps . No one clear cut winner for each . Does there have to be a best amplifier topology ? Have enjoyed all types . Enjoy what you got !

The first time I got so excited that I danced to a music system was when I was about 5 listening to a six way mono really big box speaker through Heathkit tube gear in 1961 listening to Dvorak Slavonic Dances and Brahms Hungarian Dances on Capitol.

Since then, I have experienced many excitable recordings.  Even my wife claps after a really great recording/performance.  The most recent was In A Jazz Orbit by Bill Holman and Tchaikovsky Sym. No.1 with Michael Tilson Thomas and Boston Sym.   Toe tapping (former) and jumping up and down fun music (last movement latter).

Amp classes are like school grades. 

Closer to F the worse the sound.

a/ab still the best.

D is low level tripe

So you see, this type of thinking is the problem.