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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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+1 for the PS Audio S300 combined with a tube pre. I ran an S300 with a Rogue RP-1 that was upgraded to Mullards. I just recently sold the S300 for a QUAD class A/B that runs a little bit warmer than the s300. Im not sure it sounds that much better than the S300 especially at x2 MSRP. If I ever switch back to class D which I may do I will surely consider the S700 mono blocks. You can pick up an S300 for about ~$1K and a Rogue RP-1 for about the same. , RP-1 runs mildly warm. I also like the Rogue Hybrid integrated suggestions.

note: Rp-1 over on usaudiomart for $1.1K and a S300 for $950. Killer combo for ~$2K
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