Class D come of age - Coherent amplification
As a techie I have sort of been following the evolution of 'digital' or class D amplifiers.
I know there are now some very good examples but I haven't heard any, until now.
During my recent visit to Coherent Systems I had the privilege of experiencing Tony's latest power amp, as yet unreleased.
It has some amazing specs (20nS rise time, 100A instantaneous current delivery) but what does it sound like?
The short answer is nothing. Zip. Nada.
By that I mean the music is just there in front of you. Loud or quiet, any genre just music.
Forget valve or solid state. Forget analogue or digital. Forget pixie dust or massive heatsinks - this amp is very efficient :D
This is the realisation of 'straight wire with gain', the rather wonderful line that Peter Walker came up with.
Fantastic doesn't cover it.
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