AGD Tempo in the house


It is very interesting to spend time with amps.  You go to shows or even go to someone's house and listen to and amp and because it isn't on your gear and in your environment, it sounds good but it is insanely difficult to judge vs other gear.  

So AGD is a brand I had been flirting with and finally a customer asked for a demo so I put in my order and a few days later the Tempo arrived.  I dropped in into my system and all I can say is WOW.  It has all the grunt required to drive my Vivids.  Is warm and sweet with an extremely wide sound stage. 

Even fresh out of the flight case, (no box here) it didn't sound digital at all.  This sounds closer to Class A to me than Class D.  I have not heard a different GaN at this point but I am fascinated by this and how good it sounds compared to other Class Ds and even Class ABs.  

The other surprising part is this unit is about 1/3 the size of a normal component. I know I am a hair late to the game with GaN but damn, is it ever too late to celebrate a product.   

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This is an interesting amplifier for the budget minded I guess. It bothers me when it says it can compete with a $10-$15,000 amplifier. What does that mean.

I read the description within the website and it's very hard to understand for the mortal person. I've always had a problem with marketing from audio companies who do an extremely poor job describing their product. But this is better than most it just I can't understand any of it

What is so compelling about the amplifier it is certainly intriguing

It seems mostly for efficient speakers as it would have a tough time driving a lot of main speakers but I could be wrong. 
 

The size of it is of concern , am I correct in hearing that it's only 11 pounds which seems pretty remarkable. I am assuming it's class D which I've always been fearful of . Unless you spend a lot of money on a class D it's not worth it.

Seems like it's about a $5000 stereo amplifier. And it's 200 or 100 W per Channel.

I read through the entire thread and it was tough learning about the amplifier other than reading all the accolades and disturbing posts.

 

 

This is an interesting amplifier for the budget minded I guess. It bothers me when it says it can compete with a $10-$15,000 amplifier. What does that mean.

I read the description within the website and it's very hard to understand for the mortal person. I've always had a problem with marketing from audio companies who do an extremely poor job describing their product. But this is better than most it just I can't understand any of it

What is so compelling about the amplifier it is certainly intriguing

It seems mostly for efficient speakers as it would have a tough time driving a lot of main speakers but I could be wrong. 
 

The size of it is of concern , am I correct in hearing that it's only 11 pounds which seems pretty remarkable. I am assuming it's class D which I've always been fearful of . Unless you spend a lot of money on a class D it's not worth it.

Seems like it's about a $5000 stereo amplifier. And it's 200 or 100 W per Channel.

I read through the entire thread and it was tough learning about the amplifier other than reading all the accolades and disturbing posts.

 

 

Mikey exposing the hidden agendas. It's pretty interesting.

@tubeguy76 ,

Do you care to explain what agenda did "Mikey" expose? I did not find anything interesting. Maybe I missed the point.