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In Reply to: RE: Total disconnect between price and quality posted by standingstones on April 14, 2015 at 17:56:08:
Class D should be lower in price when you consider that the cost of entry into this market involves very little R&D investment by the amp makers.Many buy 'off the shelf' modules like ICEpower from Bang & Olufsen or UCD and Ncore modules from Hypex. Sure, some might add a linear power supply of their own design or claim to have 'collaborated with' the module maker but the bottom line is this, it's damned easy to stuff an OEM Class D module into a pretty box (or not so pretty in some cases) and charge stratospheric golden ear audiophile prices for 'their' creation.
IMHO, some low cost Class D amps can be good values, especially in DIY projects. When we see $8000 to $12,000 Class D amps I scratch my head and ask why? As in why bother when there are so many excellent Class A/AB products out there that have stood the test of time.
IMHO Class D was meant to be cheap.... but we can count on audiophile brands to create laughable marketing spin and jack the prices to stratospheric levels. I'm not buying it.
Edits: 04/14/15
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Follow Ups
- RE: Total disconnect between price and quality - AbeCollins 22:35:31 04/14/15 (5)
- RE: Total disconnect between price and quality - Dave_K 08:24:03 04/15/15 (3)
- Nice try but - TheBrewmaster 19:38:30 04/15/15 (2)
- Want cheap? Get a chip amp/gainclone. - Dave_K 05:29:45 04/16/15 (1)
- RE: Want cheap? Get a chip amp/gainclone. - A.Wayne 08:43:39 04/16/15 (0)
- RE: Total disconnect between price and quality - fantja 04:12:07 04/15/15 (0)
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