Class D amps that are superior to all or most?

TSUNAMI COMING! 

My review of the Legacy Audio i.V4 Ultra Amplifier is now published at Dagogo.com 

 

ricevs, I checked with Legacy, and you are correct; the amp is not differential, but the bridged modules when run mono are. I have revised the article accordingly, and it will appear revised on the website.

The channels are not using only one half of a stereo module, but are bridged. 

As regards your claims of performance with your mods, a couple thoughts. I review retail products, not much in terms of mods. So, I recuse myself from it.

In addition, and there is nothing personal in this at all, unless you have a proper business and discuss what precisely you do in your mods, I would not recommend anyone send off equipment to such entities. I deal with people who make claims on equipment every week, and I have learned personally and professionally that the modded gear has no advantage over any other given stock retail gear. YMMV   :) 

Ric, I really appreciate your last post! Cleeds’ post enlightened me to the fact that I did not see the disclosure of "ricevs", as I am not familiar with your company. I removed my two previous posts, as I now consider them unproductive to continued discourse.

I also want the truth, which is what I was probing for in those posts. I do not have the topological answers you seek; you would need to discuss with Legacy Audio.

I mean no offense when I state that no one can tell whether a modded component from any modder would sound better than any given stock component from another manufacturer. I do understand you comment about all components being modded. I have compared a fair number of tweaked/modded products, and I have found no direct correlation between modding being universally superior to any other given stock component. That is why I state one simply has to make comparison. Others may have different experience, but that has been my experience.

In reply to your comment, "What I do is not financially viable to run a company," you are not alone. I have heard similar several times from other manufacturers.

The i.V Ultra series of amps from Legacy Audio are not stock IcePower modules in a box. That discussion needs to be discarded. I have not shared everything I know about the design. I am not interested in sharing it all, as well.

Further, I presume that Legacy’s use of one channel with a dedicated power supply per channel could outperform all the mods of the EVS amp. Or, vice versa. 

Obviously, no one - including EVS, Legacy, or myself - knows short of an actual comparison.

Actually, I should add to my last comment. A simple comparison is not terribly informative. A comparison between amps in use with 4-6 speaker systems, and from 12-18 discrete systems yields an entirely different assessment (perhaps consistent with first impression, perhaps not) than simply use in one system with one pair of speakers. 

Short of such a thorough familiarization with an amp, the judgment of which is better is quite limited. That is why in my review I built more than a dozen discrete rigs with several pairs of speakers, my methodology. I pay no attention to what many think is SO important, break in. I build systems - and get a far better, global understanding of the performance of any component.  :)