I tried the tripath, ICE and Hypex Class D amps.. all the while never giving up my tube gear, using the class D amps as summer amps.
while class D sound clean, clear and dynamic... the best of them being the bel canto ref600m hypex amps, I still found them lacking in realism and tonality.. they were missing flesh and blood ! Sounding clean but never involving or inviting.. great bass grip and power.. but too dry sounding, non dimensional..
So I’m back into class A amps.. this time SS.. First Watt SIT3 ..
while class D sound clean, clear and dynamic... the best of them being the bel canto ref600m hypex amps, I still found them lacking in realism and tonality.. they were missing flesh and blood ! Sounding clean but never involving or inviting.. great bass grip and power.. but too dry sounding, non dimensional..
So I’m back into class A amps.. this time SS.. First Watt SIT3 ..