Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby?


So many promising things being written about products using either technology, anybody know there’s an amp in the near future incorporating both?  Gotta say I’m more than curious about what that could sound like. 
soix

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I find this thread fascinating.  I am a big fan of class A amps. Especially paired with tube preamps. These new generation of amps appear to be opening new doors. I would love to do a direct comparison against my First Watt amps.  Any insight to how the GaN amps in similar price range would stack up to a FW J2 or F5? 

  This,at least for now is just hypothetical. 
pinwa,
  Thanks so much for your comments.  I am very impressed with the soundstage of the F5,and even more so with the J2. To hear that the Peachtree GaN 400 has a deeper soundstage compared to the M2 is very impressive.  I have never heard the M2, but the two FW amps I have posses stellar (IMHO) separation,pinpoint imaging, and soundstage. I think the J2 does this a little better than the F5,but I find the F5 to have a little better detail.  After reading your comparison, would you say the FW has more”meat on the bones” than the GaN 400?  I am really in love with the FW amps,however I always try to have an open mind. 
pinwa,
 Thanks again for your input.  Maybe I missed it,but what preamp are you running with your in house amps?  
 Thanks,
     Ray

Hi pinwa,
     Thanks again for all your input. It gives me a lot of food for thought.
    Ray