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best-sounding class D amp?

I'm not interested in starting another discussion about technology, or performance parameters. (You know who you are.)

I know that there are different brands and designs of modules used in these amps, and different implementations, with additional maker-specific circuitry around the module.

What I *am* interested in hearing about is first-hand listening impressions of the most natural, full-bodied class D amp you've heard, with a preference for those (few?) that hew to the slightly warmer rather than cooler side of neutral.

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adurerca
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I am pretty happy with my Nord NC500 MKII. It replaced a Pass XA30.8. And on a hot Socal day like today, I am SO SO happy to be running class D. It was ludicrous heat input from the Pass.

I also am using the Wireworld Electra 7 PC and it did respond well to it with nice smooth bass. My system is dead quiet too.

I just ordered the Benchmark ABH2 to have a shootout between the two.
djones51
4,947 posts
 
The Benchmark ABH2 isn't class D. 
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mapman
22,200 posts
 
Not Class D but similar in regards to  ability to deliver a lot of good sound out of a smaller package.
adurerca
38 posts
 
Agreed

The Benchmark ABH2 is Class H if we are going to be sticklers with the audiophile alphabet
tweak1
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Nice to see someone finally preferring class D to Pass room heaters
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