2. amps-preamps
  3. 176820-68726

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). 

128x128niodari
mglik
906 posts
 

Think there may be one or two who were not blown away with AGD.

But the comments of AGD owners are unanimously raves.

If you don’t need mono blocks (and/or are not a fan of the “tube” output stage)

the stereo Tempo is uses the same technology as the mono models and is said to sound virtually the same as the Audions for $2K less.

I believe that the much more expensive Vivace also sound very much like the Audions. Just a bit more full sounding. And the top line Grande Vivace is also very similar to the lower models just another bit more full and twice the output.

If going for the upper models, the Grande Vivaces are the ones to get.

I do agree that they are revolutionary. 

twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears
5,318 posts
 

I have the AGD Tempo di Gan.  It's excellent.  I too would be curious to hear it pitted against Atmasphere's amps under controlled conditions, but there really isn't anything I want to improve at the moment, so that's not a priority.  Either it, or the Audio Envy Mega PC that I put on it, took a little while to break in, but then everything snapped into place.

peter_s
1,335 posts
 

If anybody has the Atmasphere classD amplifiers in the Seattle area, let’s get together and do a comparison.

rsf507
2,311 posts
 

I've been anxiously awaiting to hear the Atmasphere class d amps from my dealer in NH for months now. He keeps telling me soon but I just might look at AGD instead. 

agdproduction
29 posts
 

@rsf507 

Hello, just let us know.

Both models,  Audion and Tempo, are ready to ship

More to discover