George
I too am a fan of certain class D amps, with plenty I haven’t heard. Ive owned quite few SS amps from tube/ss hybrids to AB to the class A Kinergetics KBA 75, which to this day was the best amp Ive heard here, My system then consisted of Genesis 5s made especially for Harry Pearson. I don’t recall what the front end was. The KBA was the only amp of the many I tried that grabbed ahold of the Gen5 mid/tweeters and made them perform to their potential. Sadly, one afternoon I was comparing power cords, and apparently didn’t let the caps drain. When I plugged the new one in sparks flew and it was toast. KBA was out of business then so... I don’t recall the other amps I tried, but none made the grade. The guy I bought them from had BAT monos, but I never heard his system.
The point Im trying to make is all types of amps have issues and I could hear the issues with the many amps Ive owned. Happily, I have never been exposed to what the frequency band distortions sound like that some here cannot get past. Perhaps if someone were to take me into their lab and play the distortions for me, I might change my mind, but thankfully, I don’t hear it, and thankfully I can buy a Rad EVS 1200, 600w, dual mono with highly tweaked boards and chassis, among other thoughtful tweaks for $2200. Ric Schultz, the brains behind this amp, mentioned that the new Van Alstine DVA 4/2 stereo amp sounded really good, and could be tweaked to sound even better. Probably a great bargain at $3699, but comparing watts to watts his V 600w monos start at $2499 per. Anyway I already pushed my budget to $2200, so Im just glad I don’t hear what annoys some of you
I too am a fan of certain class D amps, with plenty I haven’t heard. Ive owned quite few SS amps from tube/ss hybrids to AB to the class A Kinergetics KBA 75, which to this day was the best amp Ive heard here, My system then consisted of Genesis 5s made especially for Harry Pearson. I don’t recall what the front end was. The KBA was the only amp of the many I tried that grabbed ahold of the Gen5 mid/tweeters and made them perform to their potential. Sadly, one afternoon I was comparing power cords, and apparently didn’t let the caps drain. When I plugged the new one in sparks flew and it was toast. KBA was out of business then so... I don’t recall the other amps I tried, but none made the grade. The guy I bought them from had BAT monos, but I never heard his system.
The point Im trying to make is all types of amps have issues and I could hear the issues with the many amps Ive owned. Happily, I have never been exposed to what the frequency band distortions sound like that some here cannot get past. Perhaps if someone were to take me into their lab and play the distortions for me, I might change my mind, but thankfully, I don’t hear it, and thankfully I can buy a Rad EVS 1200, 600w, dual mono with highly tweaked boards and chassis, among other thoughtful tweaks for $2200. Ric Schultz, the brains behind this amp, mentioned that the new Van Alstine DVA 4/2 stereo amp sounded really good, and could be tweaked to sound even better. Probably a great bargain at $3699, but comparing watts to watts his V 600w monos start at $2499 per. Anyway I already pushed my budget to $2200, so Im just glad I don’t hear what annoys some of you