D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?

Guido..Its mentioned on the Rowland website that the discontinued Continuum 500 also used the Capri circuit. I checked out many interior photo's of the Continuum 500 and was amazed how extensive the mods were. Two circuit boards stacked on top of each other. The ICE amps were upside down and accessed from the bottom. The top board has a dozen large power capacitors and two filter caps. The most extensive mods I've ever seen using ICE amps. Way beyond the mods in the Bel Canto's. If the mods are just as extensive with the Pasqualle Class-D amps, and the sound quality is superior as told by Rowland, it will more than likely turn out to be the best integrated on the market due to Jeff's perfectionism.

Hi AudioZen, I readily admit that am extremely fond of the creations of both Jeff Rowland and John Stronczer of Bel Canto.... Fact is that these people are true audio electronic engineers and audio circuit designers, rather than modders. Class D power conversion modules are components... With them you can derive a very basic amplifier implementation, or a sophisticated circuit that instantiates the sonic/musical philosophy of the designer.... Rowland, Stronczer, and ARC engineers, just to name a few, are definitely in the latter camp.

On the other hand, each product can only justify itself in the music it produces... hence, until I hear a well broken-in Continuum S2, I will not know if Mr. Rowland has scored yet another bull's eye.

By the way, do you happen to know which Pasquale power conversion module has been utilized inside the new Continuum S2?

G.

Guido...for the moment, the Pasquale power module is so new that it is not available to anyone. Jeff is the first to use it and has an exclusive on the amp. I was told that a former ICE engineer is the designer. It wouldn't surprise me if Rowland is doing financial backing for this engineer. I noticed you just started a thread on the Continuum Series 2 on What's Best Forum. Look forward to see how that develops.

Guido..thanks for bringing to my attention in the Merrill Veritas thread the correct spelling of "Pasquale", which is Pascal. As I indicated in the Merrill Veritas thread, the Pascal class-D amps on the Pascal website and the photos on Google images are identical to the amps inside the D-Sonic models. Abletec in New Jersey stated that D-Sonic is using Abletec which may well be in a certain D-Sonic model, but the interior pics of the D-Sonic top models are definitely Pascal judging by the photos.

That is very interesting Audiozen. Would you mind posting the URL for Pascal? I have not discovered it on my own yet.