Pricing out of reach? A great deal has changed and it's changing rapidly.
One of the best sounding switching amplifiers, the Hypex nCore 400 sells for less than $1200 a pair in a simple to assemble kit form.
The switching module and the power supply are in house Hypex manufactured. Or you can spend 10K for the assembled and more powerful Mola-Mola in nice casework.
The affordable Channel Island line is using the Hypex uCd modules as is Rouge in their hybrid. Higher end Devialet and MBL are selling their own in house switching designs. Many of the older marks such as Rowland, PS Audio, NuForce, Spectron, and others have been steadily upgrading.
The very large Harmon/Levinson mono's are a whopping $53k but their build looks very expensive.
At this point the ICE modules being used are extremely modified. The off the shelf products have been surpassed in quality some time ago.
That's a wide spectrum of quit new class D designs with one of the best sounding examples at a very affordable price.
One of the best sounding switching amplifiers, the Hypex nCore 400 sells for less than $1200 a pair in a simple to assemble kit form.
The switching module and the power supply are in house Hypex manufactured. Or you can spend 10K for the assembled and more powerful Mola-Mola in nice casework.
The affordable Channel Island line is using the Hypex uCd modules as is Rouge in their hybrid. Higher end Devialet and MBL are selling their own in house switching designs. Many of the older marks such as Rowland, PS Audio, NuForce, Spectron, and others have been steadily upgrading.
The very large Harmon/Levinson mono's are a whopping $53k but their build looks very expensive.
At this point the ICE modules being used are extremely modified. The off the shelf products have been surpassed in quality some time ago.
That's a wide spectrum of quit new class D designs with one of the best sounding examples at a very affordable price.