Hate to do this again. Start over. Class d

Merrill Audio makes some excellent Class D amps.

Excellent suggestion, and uses the latest GaN future technology, but maybe a bit expensive just now for the OP

I think RD uses ice and Pascal

They use the same Class-D module as the Rowland Continuum, which starts of a Chinese  Class-D module then Pascal mod it a little for Rowland, but I think RD uses the original  module.

From 6 Moons
"Rowland Continuum S2. Red Dragon’s S500 beats with the same heart in a less high-end chassis for roughly half the price."

Have a close look!
These  were available for $100 each on Alibaba not so long ago.
https://ibb.co/CMnygjg

And here is the Rowland Continuum 2
https://ibb.co/5B0zvCk

Also used in subwoofer plate amps.
http://www.marani-proaudio.com/public/LDA800%20CN.pdf

Cheers George

Let me help you from a different perspective.....


With my past experience with non-subwoofer Class D amps, you could get a lot of performance at a much lower price. But the very best class Ds are still nowhere near the reference level that I experienced.

Say, to get to 75% of my listening enjoyment (100% = I’d listen to it whenever I got free time; 50% = nice background music while I am working; 25% = I am being polite to try an loaner; 5% = oh please)


My investment could be broken down like this:

Class A: $3500

Class A/B: $5000 (there just isn’t that many great A/Bs out there in my experience, sorry)

Class D: $1500 (but that’s pushing it ... it’s 40% for most ... never got past 80% with supposedly cream of the crop)


I actually think this is a more systematic way of rating how much one loves his/her setup.  It's independent of how busy you are, how much free time you have.   Just by relative % of time you cannot refuse the urge to listen.

And so, let another Class D thread degenerate.

PCC67 -

I have been using the CDA 250 from Class D amp for the past year.  Worth checking out.

https://classdaudio.com/cda-250c-class-d-audio-power-amplifier.html

Rich