Hearing my AGD amps via a DHT pre with 300B or 45 tubes is pretty special. Class D and set at it's best.
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.
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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Class D sounds good but is good good enough? If your a critical listener most of what is out there is not going to make you happy. Paul of PS Audio has several videos about class D and he said more than once that he likes the sound of his AB amps over his class D amps, use this to give you an idea of what you might experience. I have heard class D that is outstanding but it is not in your budget. My best advice is do not buy until you hear. |
audiodwebe You bought what you wanted and that is great. Class D has made great advances in the last couple of years and GaN output devices has made the greatest impact. If your looking for great sound vs good it will cost more money i know i have been on the class D merry go round for over a decade and i have finally found a class D amp worthy of sitting next to my class A and SET amps. My advice is to enjoy what you just bought and save for a good GaN class D amp. |
The Audions are the first and only class D amps that for ME i can honestly say that class D is in the big boy class of amps. I took the 15 day in home trial and they are staying. After being on the class D merry go round for over a decade and wasting time and money the Audions have checked all of the boxes of what a great amp should sound like. |