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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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atmasphere
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@audioquest4life Into 16 Ohms they will make half of their 8 Ohm rated power. As you already know though, that's plenty for the T1s. You might have to adjust the rear panel controls slightly since the class D has a lower output impedance compared to a tube amp. I've been driving my T3s (also 16 Ohms) for the last 2 years and they work great together!

audioquest4life
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@atmasphere ,

Thank you for the response. That is great to hear that your new amps adequately power the T3s and the T1s. I think these amps would be a good alternative to the either the Novacrons or MA60s I was looking at. The thought of a compact killer amp sounds good to me, no pun intended. I will definitely try to see if I can find somewhere to demo these and see about a home audition. 

veerossi
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Is there an official answer whether or not it’s ok to leave the atma-sphere class d amps on 24/7?

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atmasphere
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Is there an official answer whether or not it’s ok to leave the atma-sphere class d amps on 24/7?

Its fine. The only concern is when turning a preamp on or off you might get a substantial thump so I would shut the amps off during those times.

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docroasty
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I just got my atma-sphere monoblocks yesterday. took a few weeks upon ordering. they're bigger than I expected; can't fit them side by side on my rack. guess I will have to place them on the floor.

No instruction manual but I guess probably not needed. they came with a set of u-shaped pins to insert into the xlr ports; I've not used this before. do they have to be inserted when using RCA into the blocks? 

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