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This week, Brent and Dennis learn a thing or four about how everything they thought they knew about modern class-D amps was totally wrong; discuss some new FTC rules that might actually affect the audio industry (or at least, the high-end audio industry), and dig into a review of a “magickal” new amplifier.

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Further Reading: 

• “Life on the Edge – A Personal Perspective on the Past, Present, and Future of Class D Audio Amplifiers” by Bruno Putzeys: https://hometheaterhifi.com/30th-anniversary/the-now/life-on-the-edge-a-personal-perspective-on-the-past-present-and-future-of-class-d-audio-amplifiers/


• “Audioholics Petition to Reopen FTC Final Amplifier Rule of 2024” by Gene DellaSala: https://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/ftc-final-amplifier-rule-2024


• “The FTC Updates the ‘Amplifier Rule’” by John Atkinson: https://www.stereophile.com/content/ftc-updates-amplifier-rule


• “Trafomatic Audio Rhapsody Review” by Alan Sircom: https://hifiplus.com/articles/trafomatic-audio-rhapsody/


• “Trafomatic Rhapsody” by Ken Kessler: https://absolutesounds.com/pdf/main/press/HFN%20Dec%2023%20Trafomatic%20Rhapsody_Reprint-LOW.pdf


• “Marantz steps into the unknown w/ Horizon, Grand Horizon” by John Darko: https://darko.audio/2024/10/marantz-steps-into-the-unknown-w-horizon-grand-horizon/


• “Marantz - Toronto Audiofest 2024” by Robert Schryer: https://www.stereophile.com/content/marantz-toronto-audiofest-2024


• “DEVIALET Renegotiates Its Debt”: https://startup-in-europe.com/2024/10/between-financial-crisis-and-repositioning-strategy-devialet-renegotiates-its-debt/