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Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing

Today I picked up my Atma-Sphere Class D Amps. These aren’t broken in yet. And they are simply amazing. I’ve listen to a lot of High End Class D. Some that cost many times what Atma-Sphere Class D costs. I wasn’t a fan of any of them. But these amps are amazing. I really expected to hate them. So my expectations were low. The Details are of what I’ve never heard from any other amps. They are extremely neutral. To say the realism is is extremely good is a gross understatement. They are so transparent it’s scary. These amps just grab you and suck you into the music. After I live with them some and get them broken in. And do some comparisons to some other high end Amps Solid State, Tubes and Class D’s, also in other systems I’ll do a more comprehensive review. But for now, these are simply amazing amps.. Congrats to Ralph and his team. You guys nailed on these.

 

 

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pstores OP
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@mglik you maybe very shocked…. If you get a chance roll a set of these in your system. 
 

@bluorion I am running a Atma-Sphere MP-3 with Vcaps, Caddocks, and dampening. Running a Aqua LaScala DAC, Innous phoenix Reclocker as we speak with Roon. Much of what I listen to to Hi Rez…. It’s pretty damn good…  compared to the other Class D amps which I’ve had in my system. These are definitely the best. And probably in the center of the price points of the others. They in my opinion are better than the Class A SS I’ve also had in my system. I’ve listed all the amps I’ve had in the system earlier on in this post. 

juanmanuelfangioii
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Agree to an extent still love that tube sound. 

ckr1969
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aavik makes wonderful class d amps and integrated, highly recommended 

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fsonicsmith
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I have been a member here for ten years and I have just had my first post ever removed by the mods.

I had a short quote from a S'Phile interview with Charles Hansen which I duly attributed by author and source so that could not be the reason. 

I had a photo of the inside of the amp that is the subject of this thread and commented that the parts could not justify the price. That could not be the reason. Oh, yes, I think it was. 

I was never remotely involved in the ugliness of a certain poster. I bring that up only because of this- Tinear123 has a very nice system and I would be most interested to hear his long term assessment of this amp. He says he won't be posting because of the aforementioned ugliness. That's a shame. I hope you, Tinear123, should you see this, will reconsider. 

sdl4
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@rajugsw 

Nice pic of your Class D amp. I noticed that you're using a toroid instead of the Hypex power supply you used in your earlier version of the amp. The Atma-Sphere Class D amp uses a toroid as well. What difference in sound do you notice when comparing the toroid to the Hypex?

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