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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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lula
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mglik....would you say the AGDs have a more organic or bloom characteristic than Ralph's amps?

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shkong78
1,463 posts
 

@mglik 

 

Thanks for your opinion.

 

I am auditioning Orchard Starkrimson D amp right now which sounds pretty good at reasonable price.

 

Unfortunately, I can not compare between Starkrimson and Atma D since there is no dealer of Atma D around Seattle area.

I may have to buy Atma D blind without prior audition although Ralph kindly offer return except shipping expense if not satisfied.

 

Thomas

mglik
889 posts
 

@lula 

Yes, I would say the main difference between the AGDs and the Atmas is that the AGDs do have more bloom tube-like sound. 

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niodari
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@mglik , you may need more time to give a final judgement. Do you have now both, Atmasphere and AGD monos, which AGDs? 

The most transparent sound i have ever heard comes from my 5 watts SET tube amp. So i don't think that transparency is a distinguished feature of solid state amps. Do you perceive that AGDs are less harsh and more open? Thanks 

fredag
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How does the output of a class D-amp (AS) varies with speaker impedance?

100W  with 8Ω....and then? 200 with 4Ω?

And what about really difficult speakers that can go down to about 2Ω?

Is there any limit to when the speaker load affects the performance?

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