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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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mrdecibel
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WOW ! To him not knowing.....or caring.....

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niodari OP
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We will see. 

In my second system recently i was using Cherry Megaschino (which now needs a repair of one channel), Mankey Stingray tube integrated, PS Audio Stellar S300 and most recently, since about one week or so, Nuprime ST-10. The latter is better than S300 in almost all aspects except that it does get hot. If the Voyager will be notably better than ST-10 then I may try it in the main system with my tube SET integrated. So far, the latter amp could not have been bitten, unlikely Voyager will surpass it.

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songsmith7
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I have the Voyager GaN 350 in my main two-channel system and the Wyred4Sound 1000r monos in my home theater room. Love 'em. Never going back to Class A. 

mrdecibel
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Which version of the ST-10 ? New, it would be version 4, which in reading, is the best of the 4.....I believe there were 4 versions.

mofojo
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Only class D I ever liked was a Lyngdorf 2170 but that was totally due to the room correction and only with some speakers. 
 

Not heard the new Gan stuff or any “high end” stuff but of the  medium priced class D vs medium priced AB or tubes I’ll take the latters all day. Haven’t heard a class D that gets the highs right or really the upper mids either. 

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