Competitive class D amp suggestions
I have been Class D fun since a few years ago when i bought my first class D amp. I like the concept, in general, and all the attractive features of this class of amplifiers. I tried 4 different ones, currently i stayed with one of them that i consider to be the best among all four amps. I do enjoy and like it. At the same time, my 5 watts SET amplifier (with more than 100 times higher distortion according to the specs) gives more natural and (surprisingly) notably cleaner sound (THD of the class D amp is 0.001). The soundstage of the class D amp is not so bad but that of the tube one is still better.
I remain attracted by class D amps though.
Any fresh suggestions on reasonably priced class D amps (i mean excluding non-reasonably priced class D amps, e.g., Merrill amplifiers)?
Any comments on non-reasonably priced class D amps are also welcome (so far i was not able to audition many class D amps and am curious if there are some which could really compete with Class A).
@embolek, how would you characterize, roughly, sonic differences between Ncore, Purifi and GaN amps ? Why you decided to try Peachtree 400 if you already had another GaN module amp? @tweak1 , did you sell the Voyager, why, did you get a better class D amp? |
"how would you characterize, roughly, sonic differences between Ncore, Purifi and GaN amps ? Why you decided to try Peachtree 400 if you already had another GaN module amp? "
My Peachtree Gan sells for $3000 - My Nad amp is purifi at $1,999 - I previously had the cherry desktop version "stereo amp" - In my opinion - the peachtree is the more sophisticated sound of the 3 - More grown up - More high end - The nad is good sounding as well - the cherry amp - id have to place 3rd - and if you didnt know any better - you would think the cherry and nad are fine and dandy. The Nad sounds very good to me The nad tries to be high end - but it is not - its more of "im the nad and i use purifi and i sound good - im here and why would you think there is something better then me But the peachtree doesnt care what you think - its the older brother - with more of sophistication to its sound. again i have said it a thousand times but the peachtree is definitely the "high end" one - its very subtle and very clear and you dont get wowed by it - but its the more long term sound you can live with - without having the need so much to see whats even better still |
@niodari It's all about the implementation. Asking that last question is like asking how different bipolars, jfets and mosfets sound. |
