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Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing

Today I picked up my Atma-Sphere Class D Amps. These aren’t broken in yet. And they are simply amazing. I’ve listen to a lot of High End Class D. Some that cost many times what Atma-Sphere Class D costs. I wasn’t a fan of any of them. But these amps are amazing. I really expected to hate them. So my expectations were low. The Details are of what I’ve never heard from any other amps. They are extremely neutral. To say the realism is is extremely good is a gross understatement. They are so transparent it’s scary. These amps just grab you and suck you into the music. After I live with them some and get them broken in. And do some comparisons to some other high end Amps Solid State, Tubes and Class D’s, also in other systems I’ll do a more comprehensive review. But for now, these are simply amazing amps.. Congrats to Ralph and his team. You guys nailed on these.

 

 

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I just got my atma-sphere monoblocks yesterday. took a few weeks upon ordering. they're bigger than I expected; can't fit them side by side on my rack. guess I will have to place them on the floor.

No instruction manual but I guess probably not needed. they came with a set of u-shaped pins to insert into the xlr ports; I've not used this before. do they have to be inserted when using RCA into the blocks? 

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@dseltz thanks man sent u a message! 

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@clio09 thanks for that info! i left the shorting plugs in the box and stored it away, as i dont use RCA often. looks like i'll have to get them out and keep them in the drawer just in case.

@veerossi dude, to say that rack is amazing would be an understatement. that looks fantastic!! by any chance, do you make those to sell? lol

it has been only two days since i've had the monoblocks. this is my first time using monoblocks. my other amps are Apollon Audio stereo 1et7040sa and NAD M23, both Purifi. i've had Kinki M7, another Apollon purifi (1et400sa) and Benchmark AHB2 previously. these monoblocks are extremely impressive..

there is a whole lot of detail in the music, but somehow there is also zero sibilance/edginess/etchiness. felt like there wasnt enough bass initially but seemingly on only day 2, the low end has filled in substantially. these monoblocks definitely sound different from my Purifi gear; a bit warmer, slightly fuller on the midbass region, slightly rounded up top. it is a very pleasant sound.

since i couldnt place them nicely on the rack, i have them stacked on a butcher block next to it. hooked up some simple xlr cables directly to the Meitner MA3 dac and using the dac for volume control. sounds fab and seems like such a simple setup especially for running in the amps during the day (dont want to use up tube life when not listening). I will try hook up the monoblocks to my Cary SLP-05 preamp this weekend and report back.

 

 

 

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@srama

 

yes, I did. I got the ultimate upgrade. fed from a wavedream net and dac stack. hooked up to the Atma-Sphere monos using TWL Spirit ii xlr. I really like this combination. I'm using it with headphones though (abyss TC Phi). the overall gain is a bit high but there are gain controls on the cary, and I reduce the output volume at the dac too.

lovely sound imo. great low end, lush mids, and sweet highs. I have no intention of changing out the cary pre. although somewhat annoyed at the black gloss finish as it does collect microscratches even when using a microfiber cloth to wipe it down. also, the blue light led on the power section failed, but my local dealer got it fixed really fast. 

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