Sounds like they are the same thought process except yours are likely Class AB.
Apollon, March, Nord, Buckeye (in order of perceived build quality) are all Class D amps.
below presents a discussion of Class D by one of our more learned members.
Last time I shopped for the most transparent speakers I could find in the below $10,000 range I found them in a store in Toronto that powered the speakers with, surprisingly, class D amplifiers. In the end I bought the speakers without requesting them to try driving the speakers with my kind of...
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