D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?


Owner/Designer Dean Deacon of D-Sonic in Houston in recent months dropped using the B&O ICE amps which he now only uses in the surround channels of his multi-channel home theater amps. He now uses a new Class-D amp in all of his Magnum2 mono and two channel amps which he states is the most technically advanced Class-D amp on the market, called the SOA Class-D core amps. The recent review in 6Moons of his new M2-1500M amp concludes its the closest that Class-D has ever come to tube amps in the upper mid-range and high frequencies.
Anyone bought or heard recently the D-Sonic M2-1500M or the M2-600M? What are your opinions?
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Showing 7 responses by jorgeparrapuppy

McBuddah: It's great to hear your story. About a month ago, i bought the d-sonic 1200s. while the amp is still opening up, i couldnt agree with you more when you say that your system hasn't sounded this great! i am still in awe about what a 24 pound box did for my system. these amps are incredible.
Rock on! keep on rockin' !
jorge
mikha: that is one gorgeous amp. please report back when you get your class d, whichever you choose.
after having had the amps a few months now, I think, I've found that they're extremely powerful, detailed and revealing. some of my cds now sound horrible, while the better ones sound even better. you just don't hear the guitar, you hear the finger strumming the string, that kind of deal. on the advice of another goner, I hooked up my old nht25i s to the amp, just for the hell of it. I was scared to do so, because the amp is 600wpc. he convinced me it was ok. so I did. ho-leeee-crap! that little nht opened up like you wouldn't believe. as far as on my genesis apm-1s, the sound is just unbelievable. huge-mongus. do yourself a favor and try one out. one last thing: I have to disagree with people who say class d sounds like tubes. they don't. not even close. but they are wonderful!!!! cheers. Jorge.
yeah, Im sorry. reading back at my posts I can see why. its the M3 1200S. 600 WPC stereo model. sorry for the corn-fusion.
Mikha: I was using 70wpc primaluna monos. for my taste, I just needed more power to drive my apm 1s. those amps are fantastic, everything one loves about tubes. the d-sonic is just much more powerful. so the dynamics are, understandably, far and beyond 70 watts, of course. and compared to the parasound a-21, although another great piece, which I sold years ago, the d-sonic is still the better amp for me. But the parasound was nowhere in the same league as far as detail. im now researching which preamp to mate with it. I know I can do much better than the parasound p-3. so yes, the upgrading continues as I look for perhaps a tube or class d preamp. I hope that helps.