Has anyone tried an amp from Class D Audio?

I tried the SDS-254 and it was natural sounding and compared well with other Class D designs that I auditioned. Sound-wise it was tilted up on the low end a bit. All together I had the following in my system: Nuforce, Bel Canto, Wyred4sound, Channel Island, and Class D Audio.

To my ears, and in my system, the Nuforce bettered the Channel Islands but only slightly ... and at more than twice the cost ($2,400 vs $5,000). I am currently running CI Audio D-200's. The Class D offering was a close third. Unlike a few others, I was not very impressed with either Bel Canto or W4S. Both are ICE module based and were very detailed and clear ("Everything being right with no soul"). They were bought used and sold for about the same amount.

Finally, you can get the Class D direct from the mfg and audition in-home for at least a month. He's a good guy to deal with as well; and in terms price/performance ... you can't go wrong. Just my 2 cents.

Mapman, not trying to get into a p---ing contest, but my system was pretty consistent at the time I auditioned various amps. Rather than read all the reviews and comments here, and then wondering if "I might be missing out on something" ... I found the only way to quell that feeling was to get 'em in for a listen. That was just the Class D amps. It took a while and there was overlap so I could do some A/B-ing. My wife really got a kick out of watching me go through my audio hobby/obsession. Now to your question re: Bel Canto - they were the M300's. As stated earlier, once I decided on the CI D-200's, they became the reference.

I went through similar comparisons to settle on digital front end ... owning/auditioning various models of CDP's and DAC's until I found a combination to settle on for a while. Same thing with speaker cables,PCs, etc. I try to focus on one element or one component at a time. Right now, I am fairly happy with things the way they are.

Sure, I may offer an opinion from time to time, but always with the caveat that it's what I like in my system and to my ears it sounds good. Would you like it? Frankly I don't know. But isn't experimentation, tuning and personalizing our own sound a big part of this hobby?