Competitive class D amp suggestions

The only one that comes to mind is the hybrid Rogue Audio Sphinx v3. It gets positive reviews everywhere, well except audio science review, but of course. I will have one at some point, just to see what all the hype is about. Herb feels it will become known as a classic, in the same league as the famous NAD integrated. The fact it is all analog with no digital dac or inputs appeals to me. I’d want to keep it seperate. Plus I like that it provides a fixed pre-out to facilitate connecting my still in use cassette deck. It supposedly has a great phono section and dedicated headphone Amp which is said to be very good. The v3 was tweaked to allow more of that tube sound to come through. It also doubles the power into 4 ohms, at least the previous two iterations did. The specs don’t indicate this in the v3, buy I’d expect it is unchanged. Plus, it just looks so damn good. They have not changed its appearance one bit. 

I’m surprised no one mentioned Ralph’s (Atmasphere) new class d amps. Give those a look. Good luck 

 

I ran a Mullard Tube Rogue Pre and a PS Audio S300 (Ice Power) for several years. I thought is sounded really good.  S300 lightweight, ran cool as a cucumber and powerful.  Definitely sounded better the longer you left it on.  Just recently switched to A/B to give it a try. I still think a hybrid topology is viable high end SQ. Rogue, PS Audio, Wyred4Sound., Peachtree all big bang buck stuff IMO.

I am 85 and have been fiddling with audio since the age of 10. I have owned quite a few good reasonably priced tube amps in my life. Because of the hastle of tube changing, I recently went in a simpler direction and bought a Rogue DragoN.(Hybrid class D).  After 3 months I have been very satisfied with this amp. In short it produces excellent sound referring to all critical aspects. I have not seen more than two reviews, but I, myself, recommend it.

Look at the D-Sonic line. I have one. very pleased.