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In Reply to: Re: is panasonic the stupid ones ??? posted by watts on August 17, 2004 at 22:22:21:
Panasonic uses the class T amps because they are much more efficient than typical class A/B amps. That means MUCH less heat and smaller power supplies. The sonic attributes are incidental to the Panasonic design. However, other companies are using Tripath Class T amps and aiming for the high end audience, i.e. Audio Research, Spectron, and others...I own good seperates (over $5000) and the Panasonic amp beats them in most regards. Keep in mind it's the Tripath Class T patented technology that makes this even possible. Listen for yourself and decide.
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well first of all i dont care about saving a few dollars electricity when it comes to audio so efficiencies are meaningless. And unfortunately i dont think i could ever hear it because the kinds of stores that sell this type of product dont do proper demos, either at home or in the store, because with the junk speakers they sell and the junk sources, cabling etc. there isnt any point to try to listen to it- although i am curious as hell to see what it actually does sound like...
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The Panasonic is not based on Tripath class T patented technology.
The Tripath technology does not currently implement a direct digital input of PCM or DSD data. It requires a conventional DAC to convert the PCM to analog.The Panasonic is based on the Texas Instruments Equibit technology which is the same technology used in the TACT and Kenwood amplifiers.
This implementation accepts PCM datastream and converts it to PWM.
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Although the Kenwood uses the T/I solution, it does not do 192hz upsampled digital signals and allows for dsps to be used for digital sources ect.I consider the Panys to be the only true digital direct receivers whith all others being either hybrids, or in the case of the Kenwood, compromised.
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