Georgehifi, price don't always dictate performance and you sir do not have my speakers. Mark Levinson builds conventional amps very well but maybe he should leave the design of Class D amps to manufacturers that have had a good track record of building excellent sounding Class D amps. Class D does require experimentation, careful matching with the right speakers, interconnects, power cords and preamps to get the most out of them.
Class D is just Dandy!
I thought it was time we had a pro- Class D thread. There's plenty of threads about comparisons, or detractors of Class D.
That's fine, you don't have to like Class D amps, and if you don't please go participate on one of those threads.
For those of us who are very happy and excited about having musical, capable amps that we can afford to keep on 24/7 and don't require large spaces to put them in, this thread is for you.
Please share your experiences with class D amps!
That's fine, you don't have to like Class D amps, and if you don't please go participate on one of those threads.
For those of us who are very happy and excited about having musical, capable amps that we can afford to keep on 24/7 and don't require large spaces to put them in, this thread is for you.
Please share your experiences with class D amps!
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Also, Fremer’s position about switching amps all having these problems is utter nonsense. Even though the review is five years old, by 2012 digital amps were getting very good. This was unsubstantiated bias which is part of the reason why Stereophile subjective opinions don’t matter at all to me anymore. http://www.stereophile.com/content/mark-levinson-no53-reference-monoblock-power-amplifier#gJgWo1W0Vq... The ASP range which was released in 2003 is what I listen to today and I'm perfectly happy to say Fremer was wrong then and wrong now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICEpower Best, E |
As I read more and more about Class D amps, one thing stood out to me is the power supply. There are quite a few Class D amps out there that are being put together with DIY kits from Hypex. No doubt that these amps with DIY kits does a good 'job' on most systems and afford us the opportunity to stretch our hard earned dollars on rest of the components in the system. But if you want the very best in Class D, consider auditioning the amps with NC-500 or NC-1200 module and SMPS1200A700 power supply. I think you will be pleasantly surprised! |
The NC1200/700 is an excellent foundation on which to design a seriously good NCore NC500 or NC1200 based amp. The fabulous Merrill Veritas mono is proof positive. However, NC1200/700 was designed by Putseys as a solid starting point, not as the ultimate power supply for NCore modules. Putseys himself enhanced NC1200/700 for his own Mola Mola Kaluga amp, and Rowland uses custom multi-regulated SMPS in M825 and M925. Theta decided to implement their own toroidal supply for Prometheus.... I have not heard Prometheus, but knowing Theta, it is probably an extremely good NC1200-based amp as well. Guido Some manufacturers have achieved even |
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