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 7 responses by hbarrel

@t_ramey I own the Class D mono blocks. Running them with a VAC Renaissance MkV preAmp. 
I am wondering how many $$$ I’d have to spend for any meaningful sonic improvement. 
They have to be in any discussion regarding the best bang for buck amplifiers. 
@2psyop stopped by to hear the system and I think he thought they were worthy. 
If your DAC has a built in pre try it. You might be surprised. 

 

@lak my house to Bass Pro is 2 hrs 15 minutes.

I will be gone the end of the month and most Saturday’s are taken up until the leaves fall. 

@mapman mine is also the latest generation. 
@lak live in Indiana? And have a proclivity for fast motorcycles? 

I’d love for someone to bring their amplifier over and do a comparison in my system. 
I have fully broke in mono amps from Class D Amplifiers. 
For sure they are not perfect. But also not exorbitantly priced products. 

@t_ramey I have the mono blocks. I think they have a nice sound stage. 
Class D does offer a try it trial period. Which essentially means the consumer has nothing to lose other than return shipping costs. 
I found the break-in time to be not short. I’m guessing 50 hours. Or more. 

So far I am satisfied with Class D Audio’s mono blocks. Gonna say it takes around fifty hours for them to start settling in. That is all the older they are.