Wyred 4 Sound or Peachtree audio


Hi,I am looking to buy a int.amp to drive my Magnepan 3.6's,I was looking at Peachtree & Wyred for sound as they both make int. amps with power from 700 to 1000 watts into 4 ohms.I am currently using Coda amp & preamp that is about 380 watts into 4 ohms. Will I hear a big difference in these amps compared to what I am using ? I am also using a McIntosh & Pioneer elite for transports into a peachtree I-dac for my digital end.I guess what I am trying to accomplish is to get more slam out of my maggies with less components.Are the newer class D amps as good sounding as a class a/b amp.I am open to any suggestions,thanks
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Currently running a pair of Wyred4sound SX1000's driving Magnepan 3.3/r's and couldnt be happier.

They replaced some rogue tube gear, and while not tubey in that tubey happy distortion way, they make the magnepan's sing. That there is effertless and ample power means to me that the speakers are never wanting for power.

The rest of the system is Cullen modded PSAudio GC200 preamp ,Modded GCPH phono, Musical fidelity Dac and squeezebox or ID player.

I dont think that the amps are holding anything else back from the source, and they effortlessly drive the maggies. Ive run moderate power tubes, more esoteric solidstate, and to me the W4S with more power than I need has been a better match.

Maybe a stupid large tube amp might be good, but that isnt in the budget any time soon.,
I've got the Peachtree Grand Integrated X-1 (440wpc) powering Wilson Benesch Arcs...obviously not as demanding a load, but the amp previously had to drive some 84dB sensitivity B&W and those were harder to drive and the Grand pushed them beautifully. I've never owned W4S stuff, but read great things about it. I also have an Audio Research tube integrated in another room, using EH6550 tubes, and I've done some side-by-side comparisons just for kicks and in a blind test I don't think I could tell the Peachtree apart from the Audio Research, other than that the Peachtree can get much louder. That the Peachtree sounds every bit as good as the Audio Research says a lot about how far Class D amps have come, and how good they sound relative to class A/B amps, at least in my case. I bet either way, Peachtree or W4S, those Maggies would absolutely sing.