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Class D is just Dandy!

I thought it was time we had a pro- Class D thread. There's plenty of threads about comparisons, or detractors of Class D.

That's fine, you don't have to like Class D amps, and if you don't please go participate on one of those threads.

For those of us who are very happy and excited about having musical, capable amps that we can afford to keep on 24/7 and don't require large spaces to put them in, this thread is for you.

Please share your experiences with class D amps!
erik_squires
2channel8
758 posts
 
As I mentioned before I have a Primare I32 and a Topping TP30 mk2 that I connect to the tape out to drive a Stax headphone system. I have a pair of old BA T-830s connected to the Stax adaptor for the hell of it. Sometimes, when I want the best sound from the Stax, I connect them directly to the Primare, which I did tonight.
After a while I reconnected my 'big' speakers, Canton Ergos, to the Primare and popped I Robot SACD into the BDP-95. It sounded really good. I got to a loud passage and turned the volume down with the remote. Still too loud, so I turned it down some more. And more, and..
I finally put my glasses on and saw that the Primare was down to 0 volume and I'd left the TP30 on. I had been listening to the BA T-830s being driven by a 10 Watt (generous) class T amp the size of a sandwich in a 38'x28' room with the volume less than half way up and it was still too loud! 
massiant70
3 posts
 
mains167 posts04-15-2017 4:52amNord One SE  uses the same components as the Nord One UP,  Hypex NCore NC500, twin SMPS1200A700 PSU’s in our beautiful sleek Japanese Mono Block or Stereo Chassis.  SE comes with Nord Class A Discrete Input Buffer board with choice of discrete Op Amps, Sparkos SS3602 or Sonic Imagery 994 +£30 and Sparkos discrete Voltage Regulators. Choice of Dual Mono Stereo or Mono Block chassis 
these are what i use in the UK driving my soundlabs they sound amazing prices start around  600gbp up to 1700gbp for the top reference monos which are what i use
i have heard nothing like them , very detailed , dynamic , powerful but so musical and natural sounding , i have tried half a dozen class D before these , no amp i have heard betters the nord
they ship all over the world

Do you compare to Bel Canto Ref600 also ???
Bye

massiant70
3 posts
 
Does anybody compare NORD ONE NC500UP to Bel Canto Ref600 ???

mofojo
2,289 posts
 
Picked up a Calyx class d integrated over the weekend. Have to say I'm pretty impressed. Like it way better than the Rogue Sphinx I had for a short while. Lots of power, very smooth, good body to strings and voices, quiet as a mouse. 
doctor_lipp
14 posts
 
@erik_squires wrote:
One really interesting thing about the Technics however is the heavy DSP processing they rely on to flatten the electrical amplitude and phase response. I'm tempted to do this with a miniDSP to see if I hear any benefits.
I have been using a miniDSP nanoDIGI (stereo digital in, quad stereo digital out) to equalize and bi-amp / tri-amp.  Its very flexible.  Using it I was finally able to tame the wild bass modes in my listening room.  Get one, you won't regret it :-)  
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