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Competitive class D amp suggestions

I have been Class D fun since a few years ago when i bought my first class D amp. I like the concept, in general, and all the attractive features of this class of amplifiers. I tried 4 different ones, currently i  stayed with one of them that i consider to be the best among all four amps. I do enjoy and like it. At the same time,  my 5 watts SET amplifier (with more than 100 times higher distortion according to the specs) gives more natural and (surprisingly) notably cleaner sound (THD of the class D amp is 0.001). The soundstage  of the class D amp is not so bad but that of the tube one is still better.   

I remain attracted by class D amps though. 

Any fresh suggestions on reasonably priced class D amps (i mean excluding  non-reasonably priced class D amps, e.g., Merrill amplifiers)?

Any comments on non-reasonably priced class D amps are also welcome (so far i was not able to audition many class D amps and am curious if there are some which could really compete with Class A). 

niodari

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peter_s
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I took a chance on a used pair of Audions because they don't come up that often and I wanted to hear them.   Count me highly impressed.  Totally black background, very fast, neutral tonal balance, good spatial representation - I do think they are revolutionary.  From my perspective, the current top contenders are the AGD and Atmasphere Class D amps (Ralph, I may be giving you a call).  I would love to hear Ralph's Class D amps and the Vivaces as well. The AGD Audions sound great with my VAC Signature IIse preamp and my Tekton Encore speakers.  Have yet to feed them into my Avalon Eidelon Diamonds.

Would love to hear people's experience of the Atmasphere Class D.  From what I've heard, people who have heard them very often end up buying them, and they are flying off the shelves...

peter_s
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If anybody has the Atmasphere classD amplifiers in the Seattle area, let’s get together and do a comparison.

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