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RE: "giant killing" class D amps?

Frankly any amps of the sort of price you mention will be little better than crap.

I have a digital integrated amp that I'm very pleased with and it has just replaced a pre/power amp system costing over £13,000 - but it costs £3500, not £35!

In the early days of digital amps, I bought a Tripath unit that sounded pretty dreadful but was able to provide 30 watts or so, powered by a 12 volt battery. However when I connected my Mark Levinson CDP to it, the player didn't like it one bit. It overheated and damaged itself. I had to return it to the UK importers who sent it back to ML in the US to get it repaired. Thankfully at no cost to me, but it took many weeks and was the result of using a grotty digital amplifier.

Save up for a used conventional amp if you can't afford a half decent digital one.

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