Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby?

@soix 

in the front or the back? 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

I had been on the class D roller coaster for over a decade and was about to throw in the towel. Then someone here on this forum mentioned the AGD Audion, i thought ok i will give these a try. Needless to say i was taken back everything my WAVAC 300b could do the AGD's could do better. And i have the entry level amps.

So yes you can have the SQ of a tube amp and take the best of a SS amp within a class D amp IF designed properly from the start. Having to do mods tells me design is in question.

in the front or the back?

Yeah I was definitely referring to the front and not the back — not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Having to do mods tells me design is in question.

Not sure about that — coulda just been cost constraints in designing to a price point.  Always trade offs.  That’s where modders and model upgrades (looking at you ARC) come in. 

rh67,
The guy at AGD modded the crap out of his first GaN tube to make the second version (which is what you have). Look at the difference in the circuits inside the fake tube on this page:

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0421/AGD_The_Audion_MkII_Review.htm

What’s a matter for him?.....he did not get it right the first time? What, he is human? There is no getting it right the first time......there is no RIGHT! Everything is evolving and changing. We are all evolving....some at different rates. All products evolve over time....or they get left in the dust. There will be a third generation.......or maybe a completely different model amp that blows this one away by AGD or by others. What you have it already outdated!...he he. Ask the designer if he has some more mods up his sleeve.....I dare you......of course, he would not tell you or anyone.....would screw up his sales......better just to spring it on people when it is ready to sell.....then let them weep.....he he.  It's $2000 to upgrade your old GaN tubes in these babies........what will Gen 3 cost?

Anything bought today could be considered outdated tomorrow, what you never buy anything because it will eventually become outdated?

He did get it right the first time but like anything products evolve. Do a Google search for Alberto you will find his background is pretty amazing, the work he has done with the GAN tech which he holds several patents for is very important for audio he did not go to a parts store for GAN he designed his GAN products. I have heard several other GAN amps and they cannot compare to the AGD's period he knows how to design a circuit using GAN.