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Some 'brave' person(s) need to try the SpeakOn connectors which is the superior interface to the speakers/amp...the photo below shows the obvious.This is a close-up of the speakon vs the binding post connection to the PCB in my Crown Xti, which is identical to the XLS series (not the circuit, just the speaker connector parts). There is a notable difference in the sound depending on which is used. IMO the '2-way(?)' binding post used on the Crown is a poor alternate to the Neutrik SpeakOn connector.
Thanks, Scotty. But I also understand that if there's any digital processing or conversion along the way, then it ceases to be known as analog and becomes digital.Cab, when I spoke of cheap PCB boards, that's what I meant, cheap PCB materials, which Bruno also seems to utilize. What more do I want? Well, considering I know nothing about Bruno or his wares, nothing really. My point was only about cheap PCB material being an extremely poor conduit for mechanical energy and you said Bruno's weren't cheap. Yet Bruno's PCB boards appear to be no more superior than the Crown amp's PCB somebody just posted and indeed appear cheap as do most PCB boards. So help me clarify your and/or Bruno's stance. Are you speaking for the majority of the industry or just you and Bruno when you say "class D is not digital"? Are you and/or Bruno saying that the vast majority of "class D" amps on the market today are not controlled by digital circuits nor do they include digital signal processing devices? Yes or no only please.
Do they make adapters for speakon connectors to be used with banana plugs? Or do you just have to have speakon connectors on your speakers?
Are you and/or Bruno saying that the vast majority of "class D" amps on the market today are not controlled by digital circuits nor do they include digital signal processing devices? Yes or no only please.
If the incoming signal is digital, say via an SPDIF connection and stays in the digital domain in some form and is subsequently amplified then you could call it a digital amplifier or a power DAC.
Some 'brave' person(s) need to try the SpeakOn connectors which is the superior interface to the speakers/amp...the photo below shows the obvious.
He has ncore and everyone else should too! Soooo annoying.-Jim
Some Class D amps (such as the Yamaha MX-D1) incorporates digital filtering as part of its topology. I think that is one of the reasons (along with a serious overbuild quality) that I liked it a lot (even though it wa Class D). The Class D certainly is a viable option to get loads of clean power at a reasonable cost. I have heard a few that sound excellent. Having said that (IMHO), there is still a little ways to go to catch up to the best SS has to offer. The Electrocompaniet amp I have still does a better overall job at reproducing music in several key areas compared to the Class D offerings I have auditioned to date. They certainly are getting closer (at least the better ones). Disclaimer: Still prefer tube amps overall.
That's at rated output, I'm sure its lower below those power figures and it does include the 2 ohm rating power output, .5 thd at full power into 2 ohm, is not bad and better than a lot of rated amplfiers, we would know more if we had it's full distortion spectra , say at 1/5/10 watt output, this affects home user more than full power specs.
Based on published and unconfirmed specs, he would be wrong ..... His 14B has more THD/IMD than the crown at rated 2 ohm power, even when using 8ohm power ratings ...
