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RE: Yamaha MX D1

Posted by John Elison (A) on April 8, 2014 at 09:58:24

In Reply to: Yamaha MX D1 posted by Freo-1 on April 7, 2014 at 18:59:07:

In some ways it might sound similar to a tube amplifier because of its low damping factor. If you read the Stereophile test report, you will see that it delivers 530-watts into 8-ohm, 590-watts into 4-ohms, and 478-watts into 2-ohms. This power structure is similar to a tube amplifier with a low damping factor. Heavy duty solid-state amplifiers normally provide constant voltage into varying impedance thereby doubling their power each time the load impedance is halved. Since speaker impedance normally fluctuates significantly with frequency, hefty solid-state amplifiers will undoubtedly sound very different from tube amplifiers or, in this case, the Yamaha Class D amplifier. Consequently, if you prefer the sound of a tube power amplifier, it is possible you will like the sound of the Yamaha MX D1 more than a hefty solid-state amplifier like Krell.

Best regards,
John Elison

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