Stringreen, please explain your statement. I don't see anywhere on the Vandersteen website or the user manual's where it's stated not to use class D amps.
When I acquired my ref100ms used, the seller kindly obliged me and opened up the boxes to confirm the specific design. I f I were to pay a premium for that model, which I did, I wanted to be certain that the right guts were in there and not just rely on a model label on the rear casing.
Yes, the dc offset deal is news to me. Some explanation of what that is and why it might be an issue with some speakers and class D would be educational.
DC offset can harm your tweeter, depending on the tweeter design and degree of DC Offset
DC offset present in class D amplifiers and all other amplifiers which do not use output capacitors e.g. Plinius.
Before you purchase your amplifier check the specs. Spectron' specs is 10 mV but as a rule its 3 - 4 mV and its all harmless e.g. drives very well Vandersteen speakers.
When discussing different class D amplifiers, my suggestion is to pay more attention to the power supplies which drive it. There are a number of factors influencing class D amp sound We have posted a paper on our web site which hopefully provides some light:
Every single person will give you a different opin,One, dont believe everything you hear EVEN from me.but for me i couldnt stand them,way way to much bass,,after i listened for a few months , i cant pin it down in audiophile words ,,,but i could not stand them,was the amp system dependent i dont know,but they didnt work for me,
I think you are the first person I have heard allude to too much bass as a result of a Class D.
Mine are certainly not lacking in that department, though they sounded relatively lean in comparison to my prior non class D amp at first. I attribute that to the very high damping factor, which works well with my OHM speakers in particular to deliver tight clean and articulate yet powerful bass.
I could see where it might be considered too much in some cases like as a result of some bass heavy room acoustics maybe or other factors upstream that affect bass levels.
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