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
Of these The only ones I have heard were Merrill.  Those sounded very good as well they should in that they were somewhat pricey. 
I have not heard the PS Audio but from what I know about the company and what I read about their latest Class D amps including the price,  I would lean that way if I needed to replace my current Bel Canto Class D amps today. 
Hello mapman,

     Since Merrill came out with their new line of Element amps using the faster switching GaN transistors, they're getting a lot of pairs of Veritas back as trade-ins on the element amps.  Merrill told me they're checking these out thoroughly and making any necessary tune-ups and reselling them for about $5K/pair.  
   It looks like a good time to buy a pair if you're interested.  I've only read all the extremely positive reviews on these but never heard them in person.  But these have always seemed like ideal amps for me in both performance and form.
  I'm currently making two upgrades to my system; buying a pre-owned pair of Magnepan 3.7i to replace an almost 25 years old pair of 2.7QR and a Levinson 326S preamp to replace a Parasound Halo P-6 preamp.
 I also picked up a new Oppo 205, at an acceptable premium price of $2,100, to replace my current Oppo 105.  I'll be using the 205 and a 20 TB Synology NAS with a Lumin D2dac/streamer as sources.
     I believe my 1,200 watt D-Sonic mono-blocks and 3.7i speakers will prove to be a good match.  If not, I'll probably buy a pre-owned pair of Veritas from Merrill.  Could you share your impressions of the Veritas?

Thanks,
 Tim
I heard Merrill amps at Capital Audiofest a couple years back running a pair of German Physiks speakers. Model may have been Veritas but not sure.
The sound was crisp neutral detailed and top notch all around. The amps seemed to drive the speakers pretty effortlessly. Nothing to object to, very much what I was expecting. The sound was much like a pair of well set up Quad Electrostats or MLs, except the GP speakers are omnidirectional and not ES and the bass was all there but well integrated into the overall Omni sound presentation.


It was not unlike what I hear with the Bel Canto Class D amps I use with my Ohm Walsh speakers , but were more pricey at the time as I recall. Same true of the GP speakers.



Hey mapman,

     Did they create a good soundstage image with stable and solid images?

Thanx,
  Tim

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