Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other???


I’m looking for a new amp & want Class D.

I’ve seen various brands mentioned, such as PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrel to name a few, but I’ve not heard any of them.

Which company is producing the best sounding Class D?
Which models should I be looking to demo?


Thanks



singintheblues

This guy knew what was coming a couple of years ago, even though not one amp was yet built using EPC's GaN technology.

 https://audiophilereview.com/cd-dac-digital/why-well-soon-be-living-in-a-class-d-world.html

Cheers George
The class D AGD Vivace Monoblock amps are a steal at $15k USD per set. I have heard they are the real deal in rendering an authentic 3D soundstage of the correct timbre pace and dynamics.
they are the real deal in rendering an authentic 3D soundstage of the correct timbre pace and dynamics.

I believe it, it has the GaN technology.
Probably could have been below $10k if he didn’t use that marketing "tube thing", may have been even better sounding without tube pins in the signal path. Bet there’s a cheaper MkII without the tube thing soon.

Even he said
"Company founder Alberto Guerra admitted that he did it largely for the sake of visual aesthetics. “Otherwise a class-D amp just looks like a box,” he said. The amp uses gallium nitride MOSFET output transistors, which Guerra says switch faster and allow the amp to have a noise floor in the -120 to -130dB range. Power is rated at 200W into 4 ohms."
Here's another press release, this time from Murata Manufacturing Co's (subsidiaries P-Semi) Murata is one of the larger semiconductor manufactures and suppliers.

https://www.psemi.com/newsroom/press-releases/545048-peregrine-s-new-fet-driver-brings-industry-s-fa...

Cheers George
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