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

I’m looking for a new amp & want Class D.

I’ve seen various brands mentioned, such as PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrel to name a few, but I’ve not heard any of them.

Which company is producing the best sounding Class D?
Which models should I be looking to demo?


Thanks



singintheblues
linndrum808
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ACOUSTIC IMAGERY ATSAH NC500 Monoblock Amplifiers

The ATASH power amplifier is a Class D design and is based on NCore® technology from Hypex. NCore® is the name given to the first significant step up in power amplifier performance in a decade. https://www.hypex.nl/p/technology/ncore


Building on the strong heritage of the UcD design of Class D amplifiers, NCore® takes the things UcD does well and does them ten times better.

Coupled with a dedicated switch mode power supply made specifically to work with the Class D design, this amplifier not only nudges at the performance of the best linear amplifiers, but surpasses them in every aspect of sound quality.

I went to the tube side but these amps beat out any class A amp I have heard or owned regardless of price. 
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 

Hello rfagon, I do not have general stats on class D reliability.... I can report only my own experience... I have owned Rowland M925 since 2012, and never had a glitch.... My previous class D amp was the Rowland M312, and that one never failed either.


Regards, G.


 

stevecham
3,340 posts
 
PS Audio's S300 is a stereo amp and their M700 is a monoblock, so yes, they use different modules.
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aphile2
1 posts
 
Peachtree Audio has been producing digital amps for at least 10 years. Many variations available; many include a tube based headphone amplifier. Prices very reasonable. Great deals can be found on ebay.
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
The D doesn't stand for digital. Can we please stop with the digital amp thing already? That is incorrect. There is no such thing as a digital amplifier.

Class D amps are analog!



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