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Class D amps that are superior to all or most?

Recently, I have heard about some Class D amps that may be close to the best there is regardless of class. Certainly, this technology has been in development for decades. The main issue has always been the switching power supply. In this regard, I have taken notice of AGD. They have created a whole new power supply that “switches” at a frequency 100 times the normal silicon based MOSFET. The designer uses a gallium nitride based PS. Interesting, it is enclosed in the KT88 glass envelope that sits on top of his amps. I am aware of two more pricey amps that seem to be also at the top- the Solution and the Merrill. There must be others that compete for the title. After my thread, “Is there a SS amp that can satisfy a SET guy?”, I am still on the quest.
Don’t want to spend $50K!
mglik

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Yes, I thought that was a neat feature, the way the Technics "listens' to the cartridge and applies its magic to it.
I found another reviewer who's somewhat of a Technics fan and his take on the R1000 and how it compares to a much more expensive Technics line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YePQyDV52Zk
He, too, is a big fan of what the Technics does for LPs. I believe it can store up to three different settings for as many cartridges.

All the best,
Nonoise
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There's a new review for the Technics SU-R1000 by Andrew Robinson over on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=technics+su-g1000

He thinks very highly of it as well as the lesser powered SU-G700, which I've been eyeing for awhile. 

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Anybody remember Paul Grzybek and his Tube Audio Design line of gear? The one I had was the TAD-60 with EL-34 tubes, bias and feedback adjustment.

He got those from China back when Prima Luna was starting to make a name for itself and dueling with another company who made the same product. This was just as they were becoming established. Paul sold the same units as they did but his were modded.

Paul would buy the units, mod them so you could do the bias without having to open it up, and threw in a feedback knob of his own design so you could tailor it to your own liking.

It was my only venture into tubes but it was great for what it did and there are times when I miss it. Yes, people have been modding for decades.

All the best,
Nonoise
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How georgie jumped from what constitutes muting to fusers is beyond human ken. No logic. No reason. Just name calling for the sake of it.

And to top it all off, his appeals to a phantom mod system that watches and waits to what he reports back to them is the stuff of fantasy or a very poor attempt to scare people off of enjoying themselves and relating their experiences. 

All the best,
Nonoise

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Nonoise asked
My EVS 1200 has dual muting switches. Will muting them be as effective?
No, I didn't. 
I just alluded to the fact that you love to argue.

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Nonoise
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To think he lives for this stuff.
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