Peachtree 400Gan. Very nice.
Competitive class D amp suggestions
I have been Class D fun since a few years ago when i bought my first class D amp. I like the concept, in general, and all the attractive features of this class of amplifiers. I tried 4 different ones, currently i stayed with one of them that i consider to be the best among all four amps. I do enjoy and like it. At the same time, my 5 watts SET amplifier (with more than 100 times higher distortion according to the specs) gives more natural and (surprisingly) notably cleaner sound (THD of the class D amp is 0.001). The soundstage of the class D amp is not so bad but that of the tube one is still better.
I remain attracted by class D amps though.
Any fresh suggestions on reasonably priced class D amps (i mean excluding non-reasonably priced class D amps, e.g., Merrill amplifiers)?
Any comments on non-reasonably priced class D amps are also welcome (so far i was not able to audition many class D amps and am curious if there are some which could really compete with Class A).
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A 5-6 watts SET integrated amplifier can give you enough power unless your listening are is extremely large and your speakers are too non-sensitive. Then there is no real need in hybrid setting. I have a SS preamp which gives very comparable soundstage to a tube one. I mean not necessarily a tube preamp will give you better results. I am inclined to think that power amplifier is more important. A preamplifier can give you an additional flavour and it's up to you if you like it or not. If you have an integrated amplifier then you "get rid" of such kind of care, at least you don't need to search for a best preamp for your setting trusting to the amplifier designer. |
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