Class D Amplification Announcement

My experience has been is that there is rarely a "one size fits all" when it comes to audio gear. It takes some mixing and matching to get the sound that you prefer...and it is quite likely that others might think it could be improved to make it to their liking.

Benchmark gets a lot of love...but some think its too lean.  Pass gets a lot of love, but many don't want the heat.

I have a buddy with a Magnepan 3.7i set up.  I've heard it recently with three different amps...they all sound a little different, but they all sound really good in his room....Halo A21, Sanders Magtech and Lyngdorf 2170.

The Lyngdorf is probably the surprise of this group???  It is even better with room perfect engaged...and when used as a preamp for the other amps and when room perfect is on, it seems to improve them as well.

Class D is like Bluetooth or USB--a licensed technology that must adhere to certain standards and chipsets

This statement is 100% wrong and apparently poorly informed. Class D is nothing like Bluetooth or USB other than in someone’s mind apparently.

Class D is a design approach. Anyone can try and build one anyway they choose

It does often but not always involve popular modular designs or a board/component that can be used to build a complete amp product.

The reason certain modules are popular are because they are the product of a lot of modern technical innovations done well ( as a result of years of R&D) and therefore THEY ARE VERY GOOD ie they do the job very well and often for more modest cost.

Not to say everyone will choose them. That is never the case. Personal preferences always rule in the end. Some simply may not believe that technology always moves forward but in fact as a whole it always does.

Glad we cleared that one up. 😉

@pehare

Are you going to start a thread????????????

@pehare What tube amp were you comparing the Atmaspheres  to?

At what point do you guys say that your gear is "close enough" and start listening to music intentionally?

I have recordings I recorded and mastered. I was there at the musical event. I use these recordings for reference, since I was there. I recommend anyone who really wants to compare against the live performance to get a set of good mics and a decent recorder, then get out there and make recordings- very helpful for knowing what is right and what isn’t.

Once you get that part right then you can listen to other recordings on the same system to see how they are rendered. That is really the only way I’ve found to get at ’the absolute sound’.