Quote Originally Posted by irb View Post
There have been high power class D/T amps around for a long time. The first Tripath chip to get some recognition was the TA0104a, a 250w device used in amps such as those by Veritas and ES Labs. I built my own TA0104A amp using Tripath's evaluation board - that must be 10 years ago. Later the low powered chips took off. It's just a pity that a number of the vendors choose to mislead their customers about the amount of power on offer. Sometimes 6W is enough, actually, but sometimes it isn't.
l had the Veritas P400 years ago ( 240wpc Tripath power amplifier) and what an amazing bit of kit- sounded to my ears better than EAR509 monoblocks ( which l sold to keep the P400.)