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Class D for a Tube Lover

First, I'm sure this has been asked many times but searching the subject wasn't too helpful to me.

So apologies in advance.

I enjoy tubed electronics and class A amps, which tend to be a bit warm.  My current Cary 805s warm my small (12x16) music room even in the cool/cold of winter.  I've got other amps that don't produce much heat, but am looking for something that produces no heat.  Living in a home with no central AC the room gets uncomfortably hot during the summer months.

So...I'd like to try some Class D amps.  Stereo or mono is just fine.  And my speakers aren't difficult to drive so I don't need a thousand watts.  But if that thousand watt amp sounds great, I'm not adverse to that, either.

I'd like to keep the price under 2k used.  

Please help.

Thanks.


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While my experience with Class D is limited. I've owned some Bel Canto DACs and integrated amps. While really trying to love them due to small footprint, low power consumption, etc...
It just didn't do it for me. I went back to tubes.
The closest I've heard to a warm musical experience was Jeff Rowland class D amps. I didn't own them, it was in a stereo shop and the system and room was set up just right. However, after that the salesperson played the Quicksilver integrated amp through some Watt Puppies and my jaw hit the floor.

Here's an article regarding the Jeff Rowland and the author comes to the same conclusion that Class D is close, just not yet.

https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/analog-reviews/amplifier-reviews/jeff-rowland-class-ab-and-c...
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