Class D is just Dandy!

Hello listening 99,

     There are certainly several excellent class D amp bargains currently available for attaining very good performance at very reasonable prices. It sounds like you just purchased a prime example.
     I’ve owned and have heard a wide variety of class D amps in the past 10 years and I’ve noticed some come common qualities shared by the entire group regardless of price. These general qualities are very solid and taut bass, very low distortion, an extremely low noise floor, very good detail and a very neutral overall sonic presentation, with seemingly nothing added or subtracted from the inputted signals.
     I’ve found the most obvious benefit of the better, and more expensive, class D amps is the quality of their mid-range, treble and holographic imaging abilities.
     Currently, some class D amps rival the performance of the best amps available, regardless of amp type. Unfortunately however, the prices of the best class D amps also rival the prices of the best traditional amps.
     Because of this, when I felt the urge to upgrade, I decided to restrict my budget to an amount I could afford but also decided not to restrict my search options to a particular amp type. I still thought a mid priced class D amp, a pair of D-Sonic M3-600-M mono-blocks with Scandinavian Abletec power modules for about $2,100/pr, performed best driving my speakers. I also knew for certain through in-home auditions, that this was thousands less than comparably performing traditional amps.

Tim

Class “D”ull while pushed through major companies, is still sub par to my ears!

 A class D a o into 2 Ohms or less is just ear bleeding, cynical, no depth, headroom is nonexistent,
 devialet, and all this super high dollar stuff is just bad!

ive heard, seriously listened, and given numerous chances.

 There’s always something missing!
if you’ve spent 10K or more on a devialet, or another class D amp, and you love it, kudos, enjoy it.

ill stick with my class A  - A/AB/H amps. !

the emotion is just not there. 
My McCormack / Odyssey / Sunfire amps I’ll put up against any class D stuff.
 Hell, even my aging onkyo tx-890 receiver at 125WPC receiver I’ll put up against the class D amps.

 Cheers to all.
my 2 ¢

 

@arctikdeth I want to invite you to take a particular (Class D) amp you have auditioned and give us a clear evaluation of your experience. I've had my first class D amp for about ten days and I have a very hard time equating your summary point or points with my experience. I tend to be interested in different points of view, but more detailed evidence is needed, if you really want to make a solid case... otherwise, I'm just hearing a very strong opinion; we could all benefit from a carefully constructed and amply (NPI) supported viewpoint...

@guidocorona I neglected to "follow" this thread, until now, so I’m just getting around to your question... In terms of power, the Moabs are rated to handle up to 900wpc. I’ve run 80wpc and now I’m running 300wpc with an XTZ A2-300. The 80wpc would have been fine, sounded wonderful, but the amp could not handle the 4ohm load. I heartily recommend the NuForce STA 200 to anyone looking for bargain solid state audiophile amplification, but it does not do well when pushed to 4ohms and below. To be more exact, the amp performed just fine, even very very fine, so long as I didn’t ask it to produce much more than 80db on a continuous basis.

Budgetwise, I'm hoping to stay at $2000 or below. I'm presently on a 30day trail with the XTZ, so I'm interested to hear if anyone can boast a superior experience with a different module than what I'm finding in the IcePower.

A class D a o into 2 Ohms or less is just ear bleeding, cynical, no depth, headroom is nonexistent,
devialet, and all this super high dollar stuff is just bad!

Well that’s interesting since so many of us routinely listen to 1 or 2 Ohm speakers, I’d like to know what amps and speakers he reviewed to come to this broad opinion. Hahahaha.