Removing a ZERO from the price of amps

I just received the latest Stereophile and Herb Reichert just reviewed a Purifi based amplifier built in North Conway NH.   After opening with how he generally dislikes the sound of class-D, he gives this LKV amplifier a very good review and the measurements are deemed excellent.   At 50lb it is ~1/2 the weight of my Pass amplifier and I'm hoping my next amplifier will be that weight or less :)   This amp's MSRP is still on par with my Pass but hopefully over time cheaper variants that still sound very good will be a common thing...

How much is this latest LKV amp?  The earlier version released last year was $8500 with NC500 modules....this is suppose to be better because of the Purifi modules and ?

Over time?......How about now! Modified VTV mono block amps using highly tweaked Purifi modules and 3000 watt power supplies, etc.....available for $3300+......15? lbs each.....or how about a !5 lb. stereo amp with single 1200 watt supply.....fully tweaked.....$2400. See my link above. We will have a tour of the cheaper one in about a month.....and then maybe a tour of a pair of 3000 watt power supply monos....a little later. Hearing is believing.

Why are people looking to Class D to “save” money on a power amp.  I have tried a dozen in the last twenty years and see value in all types.  For those who can afford zero feedback and tube output, there is no comparison.  Sorta separates the men from the boys.  Someday class D will rule, but class A is the king right now, like it should

Things change and move forward. We are talking about Purifi amps here and not the Class D you have heard. I am sure you have not heard these amps because almost no one else has. Here is a quote from someone who has and has reviewed a lot of amps.

https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/opinion/1420-purifi-audios-pint-sized-powerhouses

I began evaluating the Eigentakt when I used it in May to review the Magico A1 minimonitors ($7400/pair). Before hooking up the Eigentakt, I’d been using a pair of Constellation Audio Revelation Taurus monoblocks -- massive amps that cost $40,000/pair, are specified to each output up to 500W into 8 ohms or 1000W into 4 ohms, and sound outstanding. The Eigentakt clearly wouldn’t be able to match that kind of power, but the Magico A1s don’t need it -- and don’t want it, unless you want to blow them up.

I also swapped out the Nirvana S-L speaker cables I use with the Constellations for the Neutrik speakON cables supplied by Purifi. Feeding the Eigentakt were an EMM Labs DA2 Reference DAC and Pre preamplifier, both via Crystal Cable Standard Diamond Balanced interconnects. My music server was an Asus ZenBook UX303U laptop computer, connected to the DAC with an AmazonBasics USB link.

I found that the Eigentakt was not only powerful enough to drive the A1s -- it sounded as good as the Constellations. As I wrote in my review, “almost nothing about the A1s’ sound had changed -- the tonal balance was the same, the highs were just as extended and the midrange just as pure, voices were equally robust, bass just as extended, and the soundstaging and imaging were exactly as before.” What’s more, I also thought that if there were any differences in the sounds, they “were at best slight and, surprisingly, favored the Purifi.” I played “Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have -- But I Have It,” from Lana Del Rey’s Norman ***** Rockwell! (16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC, Interscope). As I also said in the review, “the subtle sounds of her lips moving as she sings softly into the microphone were more apparent through the Purifi.” Ever since the arrival of the Revelation Taurus monos, I’ve loved their combination of smoothness, detail, and effortlessness -- for the Eigentakt to turn in the same performance, at a fraction of the price, was incredible. I was impressed. Granted, if I’d needed more power than the Eigentakt could provide, the Constellations would have easily walked away with the prize -- but in this first test, and within the Eigentakt’s power limitations, its sound quality had proved extraordinary.

I've heard a Purifi amp and it had a very neutral sound which is good in my book. Nice power and grip on the woofers. Clear vocals and acoustic in the mids and highs. I returned the one I had as the build quality was less than optimal. If you're looking for a stereo version Apollon Audio have them as well as monos. March also looks like good build quality and I think he's coming out with a stereo version as well.