The Future of Audio Amplification

^^^ LOL

Witch hunt

I've owned the for over 10 years, including my SVS subs. NEVER had a problem

Class D, as soon as your warranty runs out have fun getting somebody to fix it if & when it goes down, with all the surface mount components in new digital amps most techs won't touch them including me, (not wanting to use a magnifying glass or microscope) it becomes garbage or parts. I have one I use for a sub for my TV, but that's it. Very light weight power amps which is great, other than that no thanks, Ill stick to to things I can repair myself.

With these, you can:

https://www.amazon.com/Magnifier-SOONHUA-Head-Mounted-Magnifying-Replaceable/dp/B0742CJJM9
Surface mount can easily be done if you have the right tools. Most class D amp use dedicated chips; for example a single chip that includes encoding scheme, high and low side level shifting, driver circuits and dead time circuits. The outputs don't see the same stresses as conventional power transistors because the heating cycles are less extreme and it is heating cycles that ultimately damage power transistors (although conventional devices can handle well over a million heating cycles so its probably moot).
But most class D amps in high end use some sort of module so if one is needing repair, you just replace the module which is much easier than servicing the unit at the board level.

Hi Mikey!

Your statements about nobody understanding distortion or it's effects are completely unfounded. Your post seems to suggest you like cheaply built, poorly designed products. I think I'm starting to understand why I can't find you credited for producing anything. I don't think many musicians want their work to be used simply to listen to dismembered, poorly designed, malfunctioning equipment. 

Speaking for myself, I love it when someone starts a thread with the title “the future of...” . Whatever comes next is whatever they’ll be peddling, singing the praises of etc. Class D, why are the fans of class d so defensive?

we get it. You like class D. But stop behaving like a cult and pushing your views as people skirt by, mumbling about having given at the office. Yeesh.

213runnin,
Just look back on this thread and see how many so called audiophiles dismiss class D as the next thing to garbage. I would bet many of them  never had class D amplification in their systems. I've had class A, A/B, and even a class H back years ago. Thee is nothing wrong with Class D. IMO.