Amp Question: Class D Vs A/b

[brishea]

Can anyone please explain the difference b/w classes of amps. Which is better amp to use for speakers in general. Advantages and disadvantages. Efficiency?

[brishea]

anybody out there? help please. thank you.

[Kal Rubinson]

Too many variables for a specific recommendation but you can Google/Wikipedia for the technical definitions this.

[Glen B]

Here's a couple of nice links to information on amplifier classes.

http://stereos.about.com/od/homestereotechnologies/a/amp_op_classes.htm

http://sound.westhost.com/class-a.htm

[crowland]

I think for the most part that class D amps are just recently coming in to their own where they can compete with class a, a/b or even g both economically and sonically. Class D defiantly saves a lot of space and runs cooler. I just did an extensive direct comparison at a Rotel shop between just about all of their Class D and A/b's and I went home with the class a/b rmb 1095 (200 x 5 Watts, 10" tall and 85lbs). Happy, happy, joy, joy!

What I especially liked about the a/b was the depth of music. I was pretty impressed though that Rotel could fit 500x2 watts into such a small box. Home theater was pretty much a draw. What really impressed me about the class D Rotel 7x100 was that it sounded like so many more watts than just about any other ?x100 class a/b that I've heard.

I hope that my observations help.