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

*L*  Burnt my little brain... 🤪

Good nite, good weaken'd.

I ordered the Mini Gan yesterday. It checked these boxes for me. I am in need of an amp. I want to find out what this class D stuff is all about. The specs seem to be a good match for my gear and I love the small footprint. Ideally I will use this amp as a bridge in the rapidly evolving class D world.
Hope I like this class D stuff.

@rocray I have DIY FirstWatt F4, F5, F6, Aleph J and M2x.  And I have the Peachtree GaN 400 and Mini GAN 5.  I compared the GaN 400 directly against the First Watt M2x which had been my favorite of the First Watt amps.  I preferred the GaN 400 for its deeper soundstage and greater sense of separation but as I have listened to it more I confess I am starting to be bothered by its somewhat thin, albeit very pure and transparent presentation.

The F5 is a beast with a very distinctive sound signature.  It isn't a particularly nuanced amp.  It is a lot of fun to listen to but in many ways my least favorite of the First Watt amps.  If you love the F5 my guess is the GaN 400 will sound very different and you might not like it.  Certainly comparing those two amps will clearly contrast the strengths and weaknesses of each amp in a stark way.

Class D can dazzle in the beginning but as your experiencing the typical class D faults start to raise their ugly head even with GAN. Design is key there is no way around it just because it it uses GAN does not mean great sound. Too many think GAN is a stairway to heaven it can be but only if your good at designing ones circuit, these off the shelf boards in my experience come up short. There is less than a handful of class D amps that can play with the big boys. Most buying these lesser class D amps are looking for a bargain and will convince themselves that they have found it and for them maybe they have.

If i were manufacturing these amps and saw posts about mods making the amps sound so much better i would really be upset. Most consumers will not view this as a positive but as a negative.

If I were manufacturing these amps and saw posts about mods making the amps sound so much better I would really be upset. Most consumers will not view this as a positive but as a negative.

If it is the case, where building is never a no cost objectivity, when making a profit is a consideration, perhaps it might be a driver in better future products? Which will cost more, which the modification also does.

We're still in the early days of the developing GaN amplifiers, I doubt we've seen even close to the pinnacle of SQ in sound available in the near future?? But then, who knows.