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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I haven’t seen any recs for Primare integrateds- their latest proprietary class D integrateds sound great to me, much closer to at least a great class A/B integrated than any other class D I’ve heard. If you want rolled off/veiled just get one of the Peachtree class D integrateds. They sound positively .....unoffensive.
Also I would avoid the Rogue Sphinx in any version, my experience echoes the poster who experienced audible hiss - very mediocre sounding amp, the Clones Audio 25irh I had at the time blew it away. 
People, PAY ATTENTION!!!
Class D sonics depend on the load!

At least look at the first graph for the 6 Class D amplifiers below to see how much variation there is into benign standard loads. FAR MORE than the ’NIGHT & DAY’ differences cables make. Real world loudspeakers are MUCH MORE VARIABLE!

PS Audio Stellar M1200 monoblock power amplifier Measurements | Stereophile.com
Schiit Audio Aegir power amplifier Measurements | Stereophile.com
Marantz Model 30 integrated amplifier Measurements | Stereophile.com
Mytek Brooklyn Amp power amplifier Measurements | Stereophile.com
Bel Canto e1X power amplifier Measurements | Stereophile.com
Audio Alchemy DPA-1M monoblock power amplifier Measurements | Stereophile.com

Fanboy recommendations are worthless & DOUBLY SO for Class D!!!!
Class D has improved dramatically.  Check out "D Sonics".  Great reviews online.  On a whim I purchased their top monoblocks 3Ma-1500.  Less than $3K new.  On my Sonus Faber Guarneri's they held their own vs my McIntosh MC601's at 1/5 of the cost, and drive my Maggies better than anything I've tried....including the Mc's, Primare and Bryston.  I gave up trying to unseat them.  Great amps.....period.