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

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

Thank you Noble Tim... Update on all fronts very much appreciated! G.

D-Sonic Dennis,

Any impressions on the performance of your 600M vs 600M-A mono-blocks you'd care to share? Are there any significant differences at all?

Thanks,
Tim

Tim,

I have been shipping amplifiers with the new AMS1000-2600 modules. The sonic differences with the previous ALC1000-1300 are very subtle with most source material. They do have a more natural resolution of detail and a more natural impact in the upper bass to lower midrange area. This is where most big dynamics are heard such as percussion, cellos, baritone and bass horns.

A previous post stated that I use B&O in all of my multichannel amplifiers. This has not been true for almost two years now. I use them only in the M2-1500-3 model and am phasing these modules out. I do have a few older B-Stock units also.

Regards,

Dennis

Hi Dennis, as you can see, there is a little bit of uncertainty in the common lore about the specs of D-Sonic's fine amps. If you can add a little bit of technical information on your site for each model... such as available module options, the confusion will vanish quickly.

Saluti, G.