@georgehifi, you really must go and listen to some amplifiers before giving opinions. As @ricevs says there are many factors that add up to influence the sound of an amplifier, just because it is using GaN doesn’t necessarily make it better. This was shown in a recent high end class D comparison were a GaN based amp came second despite being considerably more expensive than the “conventional” class D amp that came out on top. A close third was a class D amp that cost considerably less than the GaN based amp.
We have listened to a number of highly regarded class A/B designs and a particular class D design we use was far better.
You mentioned Soulution class A, we know somebody who has had the 7 series (£50k +) in his system and changed to the same class D amp that won the shootout mentioned and is very happy with the changeover.
We have listened to a number of highly regarded class A/B designs and a particular class D design we use was far better.
You mentioned Soulution class A, we know somebody who has had the 7 series (£50k +) in his system and changed to the same class D amp that won the shootout mentioned and is very happy with the changeover.