As digital amplifiers become more main stream are they soon going to replace the brutish heat sinks, huge power supply and capacitors required in an analog amplifier?
Digital amplifiers are said to offer more efficent power use and management because they do not have to supply power over the entire analog wave form, rather it amplifies in typical digital ON/Off fashion once it has converted the wave form into a series of digital pulses. This allows less power consumtion and less heat build up, thus no more Monolithic blocks comprised of power supplies, capacitors and heat sinks required for a 7x200W chassis.
So, are digital amps really the next best thing, or will they always be shunned by the Audio purists as having no soul to the sound?
When you stop and think, the Purist still cling to Tube amps and vinyl media with groove harmonics :roll: Will the analog amp live forever?
You may ask what is the purpose of this rambling....? Well I'm just wondering if a person should put down good money on an Analog amplifier these days or adopt a wait and see attitude....
I already have enough analog amplifiers to create a decent system, nothing breathtaking, still decent....
Digital amplifiers are said to offer more efficent power use and management because they do not have to supply power over the entire analog wave form, rather it amplifies in typical digital ON/Off fashion once it has converted the wave form into a series of digital pulses. This allows less power consumtion and less heat build up, thus no more Monolithic blocks comprised of power supplies, capacitors and heat sinks required for a 7x200W chassis.
So, are digital amps really the next best thing, or will they always be shunned by the Audio purists as having no soul to the sound?
When you stop and think, the Purist still cling to Tube amps and vinyl media with groove harmonics :roll: Will the analog amp live forever?
You may ask what is the purpose of this rambling....? Well I'm just wondering if a person should put down good money on an Analog amplifier these days or adopt a wait and see attitude....
I already have enough analog amplifiers to create a decent system, nothing breathtaking, still decent....
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