Marantz introduced a new Integrated and SACD Player/Network player today

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Since Chris went to the trouble of adding a section for Analog components, I bet he was delighted to see this thread. 

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Class D isn't Analog - end of discussion. 

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14 minutes ago, kumakuma said:

 

All Amplifiers are Analogue, but Some Amplifiers are More Analogue than Others

 

 

This paper intends to clarify the terms "digital" and "analogue" as applied to class-D audio power amplifiers. Since loudspeaker terminals require an analogue voltage, an audio power amplifier must have an analogue output. If its input is digital, digital-to-analogue conversion is executed at some point. Once a designer acknowledges the analogue output properties of a class-D power stage, amplifier quality can improve. The incorrect assumption that some amplifiers are supposedly digital, causes many designers to come up with twisted digital patches to ordinary analogue phenomena such as timing distortion or supply rejection. This irrational approach blocks the way to a rich world of well-established analogue techniques to avoid many of these problems and realize otherwise unattainable characteristics such as excellent THD+N and extremely low output impedance throughout the audio band.

 

https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=13494

 

Sure it has an analog output, so what, so does a CD player. Analog in this context means analog in, analog out with no digital conversion in the middle. 

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11 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Are you being fucking serious right now?

Are you!?

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16 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

100%

There is no room for your foul language on this forum, I suggest you apologise. 

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2 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Nah. The level of stupidity called for it.

There is nothing stupid about wanting the Analog forum to only feature 100% analog products. It is a point of view, as is yours.