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D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?

Owner/Designer Dean Deacon of D-Sonic in Houston in recent months dropped using the B&O ICE amps which he now only uses in the surround channels of his multi-channel home theater amps. He now uses a new Class-D amp in all of his Magnum2 mono and two channel amps which he states is the most technically advanced Class-D amp on the market, called the SOA Class-D core amps. The recent review in 6Moons of his new M2-1500M amp concludes its the closest that Class-D has ever come to tube amps in the upper mid-range and high frequencies.
Anyone bought or heard recently the D-Sonic M2-1500M or the M2-600M? What are your opinions?
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guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Thank you Timlub, I suspected that much... The newest generation Class D modules are late bloomers as much as the previous designs, but... when new generation class D amps come into full bloom, marvellous things are often heard *grins!*
jdec
123 posts
 
>>I really think they preform better then any AB amps I have owned. They remind me of a pair of class A amps I owned some years ago.<<

Hi Tan43, what class AB amps have you owned? Just curious.
tan43
128 posts
 
Believe me. You would not be impressed.
I guess the most enjoyable "AB" amps I have owned were a pair of Spectral bridged DMA90s with a Spectral pre and all MIT cables.
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Hi Tan43, could you contrast the sound of your D-Sonic amp vs your previous Spectral setup? What are the strong points of D-Sonic, versus the strong points of the Spectral?

Thanks, G.
tango_tilingo
47 posts
 
I switch from a Moon audio w-5 power amp to an Audio Research DS 450 driven by Audio Research LS27
it is a match made in heaven. Tango
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