Good day, I'm looking for a new amp and am seriously considering the new breed of Class Ds such as Hypex NCore, ICEPower ICEedge, and the seeming unique Starke Sound AD4.320 with NS600 Class D amp mods.
Starke makes some interesting claims that made me wonder on the effect of the power supply on sound.
It appears that the NCore and ICEedge use switching power supplies (correct me if I'm wrong) where Starke uses a linear. A quick Google search gets hits of a power supply company saying Linear is better for audio due to their low high frequency noise.
Bottom-line should I really care about the type of power supply in an amp or is the implementation of that PS more important? Anything important I'm missing?
Paul
Starke makes some interesting claims that made me wonder on the effect of the power supply on sound.
It appears that the NCore and ICEedge use switching power supplies (correct me if I'm wrong) where Starke uses a linear. A quick Google search gets hits of a power supply company saying Linear is better for audio due to their low high frequency noise.
Bottom-line should I really care about the type of power supply in an amp or is the implementation of that PS more important? Anything important I'm missing?
Paul