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Anyone hear the Class D Audio Mini GaN 5 amp yet?

Looks intriguing but not much out there on it yet so wondering if anyone here has had a chance to hear it or, even better, had a chance to compare it to other amps. Thinking of taking a flier on this amp given the tech and price, but we all know implementation is everything so looking for some real-world impressions before ponying up any dough. Also, please let’s not make this yet another measurement debate — I’m purely interested in sonic impressions here so take your measurement comments elsewhere. Thanks.
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georgehifi
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I said this upfront to avoid the measurement hoopla.
Only hoopla to those that don’t understand it, and it so new that’s all there’ll be for a while till some one purchases it, for the minuscule price it is, and that will come from keeping this thread active hopefully.

Cheers George
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And guess what, it’s not a GaN Eval board, looks to be Class-D Audio USA own GaN technology board, big USA printed on the board  https://ibb.co/5knnR2y

Cheers George
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And here's the whole thread
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/premium-audio-mini-gan-5-balanced-power-a...

Cheers George
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If anyone wanted a GaN Eval board with SMPS, they are a $1K from Mouser. they do look a lot more complex than Class-D Audio’s one
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/GaN-Systems/GS-EVB-AUD-BUNDLE1-GS?qs=vHuUswq2%252BszP6hR0ubJmfw...

Cheers George
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Only hoopla to those that don’t understand it
I understand it fine thanks, which is precisely why I didn’t want this to devolve into yet another endless argument about how good or bad this or that measurement is and how important measurements are or aren’t (aka hoopla) rather how the thing actually sounds.  Capiche?

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