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

I don't know if the PS Audio Class D amps are the right solution for your system.  But I have their s300, at this point I am really happy.   PS Audio made me a great deal on my used amp and I had a trial period with the new S300.
Don't have any experience with Classe but There is  CA-D200 on ebay for $1.8K   claimed to be brand new in box.  Although located in Vestal, NY.  Classe still has the D200 listed as product on their website.  3 year old review. https://classeaudio.com/pdfs/Reviews/TAS%20CP-800%20CA-200%20Review%20Aug%202015.PDF

Unless you've actually had Monkey Plague, you really can't say much about it.

@wolf_garcia Whats YOUR contribution to this thread?

Current Class D has come a long way compared to a few years ago, who wouldn't want good amplification which is more efficient, takes up less space, runs cooler... and is possibly better value depending on which manufacturer you choose.

redrocket,

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    Tim

Class D has come a long way compared to a few years ago

No it hasn’t!

Mark Levinson had a good expensive dig and tried to cure it’s evils, with the $50kusd !!! No.53 monoblocks, which had massive series output filters to rid the switching frequency from it’s outputs, but they them selves bought a different set of problem to the table compared to all the filters others manufacturers use.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/mark-levinson-no53-reference-monoblock-power-amplifier-specifica...
https://www.stereophile.com/images/1212levin.side.jpg
Again even with these, it’s the mid/tops that had ? on them, but as per usual with Class-D the bass was great.

" They resolved a remarkable amount of genuine detail but were harmonically threadbare, sounded somewhat hard and mechanical on top, and had a hazy overlay just below that. The bass was fast, lean, taut, and well damped—rhythm’n’pacing were among the No.53’s strongest suits. But overall, the nature of the sound induced listening fatigue. I rarely listened for more than an hour at a time, which for me is unusual."

The only "real" advancement of Class-D has been the introduction of the new GaN transistor which Technics introduced in to their SE-R1 and Merrill Audio is now doing with their Element 118, these promise to lower dead time and have a greater far reduction of the switching frequency with the filter without affecting the audio band.

Cheers George

@georgehifi 

I definitely don’t think there’s a need to wait for GaN semiconductor technology to ’trickle down’. As I believe you’ve already discovered, good class D performs exceptionally well.

But it still does not compete with the best linear amps.

I am also in this camp.  As a builder of audio components my partner and I have discussed making Class-D amps or anything similar.  So far, we cannot come up with anything that is better.  We recently built a pure class A power amp about 30wpc and it was killer.  Cost me about $600 to build one.

I recently heard the NuFocre (not the newest model) but an upgraded (with 5 watt power supply) and it was supposed to be really good.  But in direct comparison in my system it lasted less than a minute.  Just did nothing special and was not very musical.  Just my two cents.

If I was going to by a Class-D amp I would buy one that was reliable, could be serviced is needed and spend the least amount of money on it.  But that's just me, I'm cheap!

Happy Listening.