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

Tan, good luck with your new amps. I have had my M2-600 pair for a year and a half and I have not yet finished digging all the best sound possible from my system since they replaced an aging pair of Atma-Spheres that died together when an errant power regenerator went crazy. As I have written earlier in this thread, the break-in period is quite lengthy, although the amps show signs of excellence along the way. They are very revealing of problems with component and EMI/RF interference, cartridge setup, cabling, poor recordings, room tuning, etc. and drove me to make more than fifty significant changes in my system since new. They really came into their own when I discovered how much they like heavy brass footers and maple platforms. Most recently, I acquired a used W4S STP preamp and I am astonished at the synergy between them. I currently have my amps plugged directly into their own dedicated Maestro outlets through HCF Top Gun PCs and connected to the STP through heavily shielded Sonoran Plateau balanced interconnects. The STP is powered from a PS Audio Premier using a PS Audio SC Premier cord. All components use Eden Sound Bear Paws or Terra Stones on individual maple platforms suspended on iso-blocks. Care may need to be taken in physical placement of the amps as proximity to some components may result in stray radio programs mucking up the noise floor (a Thor phono stage needed to be relocated in my system).

It seems to me that the more I do elsewhere in my system has caused the D-Sonics to continue to rise to the challenge of making better sounding music. After this much time, The only bone I have to pick with the amps is that they made me work too hard on bringing the rest of my system up to minimum audiophile standards in order to get the best from them.

Thanks Mcbuddah.
Mine are on their own amp stands which I already had.
I also have ISO-Blocks under each leg of the amps.
I am sure I will make other improvements after they have
had time to break in.
I do not however plan to replace any of my equipment.

Hi Guido,

G.

On your 7/20/14 post on this thread you wrote:

" Meantime Tim, what's new with your quest?

G."

Just curious as to which Tim you were directing that at? I know you're aware that I'm currently having James Romeyn build a pair of mono-blocks for me that contain the same power modules used in the D-Sonic M2/M3-600 monoblocks, the Anaview/Abletec1000-1300 modules, and I thought you might have been thinking I was following this thread.
Actually, I just read this thread today, August 26th. Very interesting thread and I'd be happy to chime in with details of my quest if you were directing your question at me. If not, then never mind and please disregard.

Let me know.
Thanks,
Tim

Hi Noble Tim.... Yes, wrong thread, but... Right Tim!

How are things moving along with your Anaview/Abletec1000-1300 amps to be?

Guido,

The builder, James Romeyn in Utah, has had a few issues that caused delays in the builds; he received an unexpected resurgence of orders for his more typical Hypex Ncore400 based amp builds and he ran short of some connectors specific to the ALC1000-1300 modules. There seems to be a general shortage of these connectors available for sale but I finally was able to find 5 packs of these at a Profusion outlet in Denmark.

Romeyn now has all the required components and the completed amps are expected to arrive shortly (within 2 weeks), barring any further unexpected delays.

I was originally going to have mono-blocks built using the very latest technology and use the new Anaview AMS-1000-2600 modules. I actually ordered a pair of these modules from Shaw Electronics in Montana. But Shaw sent an email the next day stating they could not fulfill the order unless I was an OEM manufacturer. They gave me a full refund of my purchase price of approx. $850. In July of 2014, I found a Profusion Electronics outlet in the U.K. that was willing to sell me a pair for a similar price but would not have them in-stock until mid-September 2014.

In order to avoid these issues and delays, I decided to have the amps built using the somewhat older, but very highly reviewed, Abletec ALC1000-1300 modules instead. Even though my quest has been for quality performance over lowest priced, the reduced price of these modules ($560/pair)has not gone unappreciated since I'm now on a reduced and modest fixed income.

I am aware that the AMS modules may outperform the ALC modules but I'm not aware of anyone that has even heard both, much less written their impressions. If the new AMS modules do prove to outperform the ALC, I'm curious to know how much better and in how many areas.

Back to Audiozen's original question: "D-Sonic SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D?". I think Dennis has done a great job of recognizing the great performance and excellent value that some of the modern class D core amps represent. His main skills seem to be identifying the better class D modules and incorporating them into his products: Pascal modules in the M3-1500M, Abletec ALC-1000-1300 modules in the M-600M and B&O Ice modules in the multi-channel amps.

I believe D-Sonic now even offers the new Anaview AMS-1000-2600 modules in their new M600M-A model mono-blocks.

Since the D-Sonic M3-600M used the Abletec ALC-1000-1300 modules and the new M3-600M-A uses Anaview AMS-1000-2600 modules, Dennis is probably the ideal person to compare the two modules' performance.

In retrospect, if I knew the Anaview AMS-1000 modules would be available so quickly in the M3-600M-A mono-blocks, I probably should have just waited and bought a pair. Woops.

Thanks,
Tim