computer audiophile on the cheap Class D amplifiers, can a chip sound as good as a regular amplifier?

[davide256]

 

1 hour ago, GUTB said:

Pro-class D arguments are always premised on the lie that class D sound just-as or almost-as good as linear amps. The lie is dressed up with audiophile truisms like "part selection", "good design", etc. It's still a lie.

Have you forgotten/not experienced how badly digital sucked for audio before 2010? I buy that class D has its issues, but it appears to be evolving.

[davide256]

12 hours ago, ARX said:

Many years ago, in a double blind test between a $700 Ah! Njoe Tjoeb CD player (basically a cheapo Marantz with an upgraded clock and tube output stage) and a $60.000 Krell CDP, nearly every participant preferred the Ah! to the Krell...

That would be an easy test to bias the outcome... just pick bright speakers with no bass.