Hello @d2girls, your question does not have an absolute answer.... A lot has to do with bersonal preferences, because Merrill, Rowland, and Bel Canto all make some wonderful devices.
Starting with Merrill... The Veritas monos were fabulous in their hayday.... Today they would still be worth a serios look... Although all things point to the new Merrill Oganessom series of Element 114, 116, and 118 being superior... Yep the Element 118 prototype that I had the fortune of having in my system for one week, while not well broken in and still evolving rapidly, was musically impressive to say the least!
Rowland has 5 class D amps.... two I know well and I adore... THe M925 monos that I own, and the Continuum S2 integrated.... The following I know by their excellent reputation only.... the Daemon integrated just below $39K, the M535 bridgeable just below $6K, and the little entry level M125 at some $2.5K.
Bel Canto has a number of amps.... THe Black series is their top of the line, while the Ref600 is more entry level.
All the above are great products, I doubt that you’d go wrong with any of them.... And I have not heard of any reliability complaints about their class D output circuits.... But which brand or model might be Best is pretty impossible to say.... It depends on your budget for one thing, but most of all on your sound concept.... Assume that none of them are strident, all of them are pretty linear, all of them let you hear subtle harmonics, all of them yield deep and tuneful bass without sloppiness.... And yet, inevitably you will develop a personal preference for a brand, or for a particular model, or.... You might dislike the whole lot instead *Grins!*
Why? ... "BECAUSE!"
G.
