@matias do you know how MEGAschino compares with your class D Apollon NC800SL?
No idea, I am curious about them too.
Time to buy a class D amp?
Will some new class D amplifiers outperforming the current ones appear soon
(the newest ones i know were released a few years ago)?
Class D amps attract me as I consider them the most ecological ones with obvious non-auditionable benefits.
I have no doubts that they posses the maximum ratio performance/sound quality among the amplifiers of all classes.
At the same time, the sound quality the class D amplifiers that I have auditioned produce, although is quite good,
but not yet ideal (for my taste).
I use PS Audio Stellar S300 amp with PS audio Gain Cell pre/DAC with Thiel CS 3.6 speakers in one of my systems.
The sound is ok (deep bass, clear soundstage) but not perfect (a bit bright and somehow dry, lacking warmness which might be more or less ok for rock but not for jazz music).
I wonder if there are softer sounding class D amps with the same or better details and resolution. Considering two reasonable (as to the budget) choices for test, Red Dragon S500 and Digital Audio Company's
Cherry 2 (or Maraschino monoblocks), did anybody compare these two?
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Hello niodari, Sorry, I forgot you're in Mexico. I'll be down in a couple days and I'll bring the amps. Don't worry, my wife and I will be out of your place by Spring. Winters are a bit cold up here. Looking forward to your impressions. I've been reading about the Cherry Megaschino and it seems like a good one. Best wishes, Tim |
Without DOUBT! These amps/ preamps are slowly becoming the STANDARD by which others MAY SOON Be JUDGED!Our plethora of review products in the past year ARE SHOUTING TO BE HEARD!! https://www.thesoundadvocate.com/equipment-reviews/amplification/ |
Sorry @hm1 (Howard Milstein) but not a single negative comments in any of your reviews that I read. They all appear to be written as advertisements. Here's a good example of what I mean (W4S mINT review): Out of curiosity, I decided to laboriously drag out my almost 40-year-old vintage Spendor BC3, loudspeakers (known to have a pretty horrendous impedance curve as many of the finest amps sound quite unhappy trying to drive it). To my surprise, the Mint made this speaker ‘sing’ like I had not heard in many years! Horrendous impedance? Since when is 8 ohms and SPL of 105 dBA Horrendous? ANY Class-D amp should have no sweat driving these speakers. Specifications: Type.................................four-way, floorstanding loudspeaker L.F unit............................Spendor 12 inch (plastic cone) M.F unit...........................Spendor 8 inch (1.5 inch voice coil, plactic coil) H.F unit...........................Celestion Type HF 1300 and type HF 2000 Crossover points.............700Hz to 3kHz to 13kHz Impedance......................8 ohm Frequency range............30Hz to 20kHz Frequency response......+/- 2.5dB, 50Hz to 14kHz Power rating...................70 Watts Sensitivity..................... +2.5dB relative to 1dyne/cm square/volts applied Sound pressure level.....105 dBA Connection...................."XLR" 4pin Weight............................75lbs |
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