No More Audiophile Hassles

[wushuliu]

4 hours ago, GUTB said:

Active speakers suck because they use Class D amplification. Our lives would be so much cheaper, lighter and cooler if Class D didn't suck, but alas the technology just isn't there yet.

 

Whoa. What is this, 2007? The tech is definitely there. There are some incredible Class D amps out there - at least in the diy world. But you may not find that quality in cheap retail gear. Just because something is Class D doesn't mean you don't get what you pay for.

[wushuliu]

These days, with minimum skills, you can get phenomenal performance via diy. But that's a tough sell when part of this hobby - like any other hobby - is the vanity of showing off something that looks cool/expensive/rare/complicated.

 

I'm sure we would all agree though that compared to 10 years ago, the price/performance ratio has put objectively (as in the true sense of the word, not tribal) audiophile quality within reach of the smallest budget.

[wushuliu]

28 minutes ago, GUTB said:

Modern class D topologies use a variety of tricks to try and mask the poor SQ, push down modulation distortion, etc, but nothing solves the fact that the technology is essentially a compromise with quality.

 

 

Well that applies to all components.

 

As for the rest of the screed, oh boy. Not sure what you been listening to.

 

It's like the occasional rant about tube amps being nothing but second harmonic distortion generators...

[wushuliu]

4 minutes ago, GUTB said:

 

Am I wrong? Does class D not operate by converting sine waves to 400-500kHz PWM?

 

Oh, is THAT what the crux of your argument is? In that case, yes. In fact don't they convert at EVEN HIGHER rates? You have to be careful though cause if you go too high it's kind of like crossing the streams with your proton pack.

 

And then you release the audio-ZOOLs.

[wushuliu]

A phatwad sounds good to me...