What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today?


There have been a number of threads discussing the wonder of GaN and some of the individual amplifiers that have caught peoples attention, including those from AGD, Atma-Sphere, Peachtree, LSA, etc. Has anyone done a shootout against two or more GaN amps? If so, which did you prefer, and why? And on what speakers?

Also, of the one you preferred, do you prefer it over every other amplifier you’ve ever heard? If not, what non-GaN amp do you enjoy more?

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Showing 2 responses by badgerdms

I've got a Technics SU-R1000 which I think is pretty brilliant and is the first "digital" amp that I have really liked.  I also had its baby brother in to play with for a couple of weeks and thought that was excellent as well.  I had a NAD M33 for about three months and couldn't get rid of that fast enough.  

It's tough to compare the Technics to some of the others because of all the additional features that it brings to the table, so not really apples to apples.  There is a gentleman in the area who has the AGD monoblocks and I would love to spend a day with him comparing the Technics and the AGD.  I may see if my dealer is willing to loan me his AGDs for a long weekend as well.

I'd also be interested in comparing the Peachtree with the Technics G700M2 as they seem in the same price ballpark.  Sorry I can't offer more, I just have not heard any of these in the same room with the same equipment.  

@mc1969 Clearly you don't understand what putting quotes around a word means.  The Technics is a GaN FET amp as opposed to so much in this thread which is not.