My NAD 3020 D proves your Class D tropes are wrong
Class D? I have heard PS Audio's Class D amp. Sounded very good with better detail I have heard with tubes or class AB. This one sounds even better! https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/analog-reviews/amplifier-reviews/nuprime-st-10-power-amp/ NuPrime ST 10 |
Interesting comments on burn which for the most part was needed in all my amps, except the Benchmark AHB2. I recently bought the Class D D-Sonic M3a 800s stereo amp for my Thiel CS3.7’s and the owner of the company told me that his amps do not need burn-in. I tend to believe him on this. These amps use Pascal modules. I like them, especially for the price ($1500). I am currently running them DAC direct to amp (Gustard X26 Pro) and will add a CODA 07x preamp, that is if the UPS driver decides to make their deliveries today. In the future I will likely get the CODA #8 amp but this D-Sonic is very good. |
@yyz hoping that is a Rush reference... Best band ever! Please do us a favor and listen to some Purifi amps. Seems like UPS is delivering to you every day. Hope to be like you in the near term....... I'm going on 15 years of DIY Class D, all Hypex stuff way back to their UcD. I spent way too much money on Class A, A/B, Tubes with the all the usual suspects....Levinson, Pass, Rowland, Mac, etc.... Finally figured out that a great source (streaming - Roon - Qobuz) gives me the most enjoyable (maybe not the best) listening experience to date. I'm leveraging a Ravenna interface thru Roon and the fiber connectivity is absolutely tremendous. M |
Blaming on Class D in general is just a nonsense. It is not a matter of a taste, rather it is an objective reality that there are quite affordable class D amps that sound better than many more expensive class ab amps in terms of all objective sound characteristics. Point. Just as an example, according to my experience, I consider it is not easy to find a class ab amp that sounds as good as my Cherry Megaschino Class D amp. Wake up guys! |
I’ve been buying, listening to and selling/swapping class A and A/B audio gear since 1974. Last year I downsized and so needed to simplify the space and reduce the number of ’boxes’. So I sold off my large monoblocks, preamps, DACs, subs and large floorstanders. Bought a pair of Goldenear Triton Ones (class D powered bass units in each). This was my first introduction to class D - very happy with the sound. Last month my NAD M33 arrived (Class D again - this time by Bruno P.) and to say I am happy is an understatement. In my room they are a wonderful, clean, emotional and tonally rich combination with a great synergy between amp and speakers - definitely no nails scratching on a blackboard. These are all keepers. I have never heard older class D models in stand alone power amps so cannot comment on them, and even if I was able to, my views would be entirely dependent on the combination of components used and room they were playing in.This particular class D design and configuration is a game changer fro me. |
