*I* had hoped we'd see more self powered speakers and within those, class D amps that were precisely matched to the driver they powered. No dice though.
Um....you mean like almost every powered subwoofer sold today (including those from Outlaw) going back a decade or so?
It's all about economies of scale. Once folks clue in to the fact that they can get "audiophile" quality amplification from a device that weighs 10% as much as a typical class AB amp and wastes substantially less power producing wasted heat, the numbers will quickly start to tilt in favor of digital amps.
I LOVE my Outlaw 755 boat anchor. It sounds great. BUT it generates a LOT of heat, uses quite a bit of electricity, and is very heavy. There are 5 channel digital amps out there today that produce similar power output (or more), require much less energy to operate, and throw off a LOT less heat for not much more than I paid for my Outlaw amp 5 years ago.
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