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

I have owned/heard Hypex NC400, TI 3116/3118, ST TDA7498.

I know NC400 is highly rated. However, I prefer my Tripath TA2022 and TK2050 Topping amps to it. 

Tripath doesn’t measure like others but who cares. I like what I hear. That’s why I have ears for this hobby:) Fast, slow, distortion, this, that. I don’t care. 

As long as my system gives me the feeling of being there, I am good. So far Pass Labs Aleph 3 did that the best. Second Tripath. 

I want to hear a GaN amp with the higher switching frequency and a higher low pass filter. The manufacturer trying to confuse people with the "tube" doesn't pass.

The manufacturer trying to confuse people with the "tube" doesn't pass.

It's not really a tube, just the bottle of one with the GaN module stuffed into it. I think he regrets doing it as he did say,

"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."

Cheers George

     I agree the glass tube containing the GaN module is a bit goofy.

     But I think something like this on a class D amp, a convenient location where some type of plug-in is inserted to change the amp's sound characteristics using a variety of purchased opamps or dsp chips, might be kinda cool.  Like Nord but more convenient/accessable.
     Maybe they could offer 'Classic Tube Sound', 'Flea Watt SET Sound with SS Bass', 'Lamm Tube Amp', "McIntosh', 'Pass Labs SS Amp', etc.
     They could also have a class D preamp with these plug-ins so one could match various preamp qualities imparted to various amp sounds and tailor the sound just to their liking.
     I  think this type of technology could be feasible in the near future.

Tim
      

What's the general opinion of the Kharma MP150? It got rave reviews when it came out, but at this point the amplifier is 10+ years old. I presume it's been given updates over the years. One reviewer claimed it bested the darTzeel stereo amplifier.

Kevin T