Class D Amplification Announcement

in all seriousness, alberto guerro’s agd audion mono’s are the best sounding gan/class d amps i have heard, and while they have their own sound character, they are - to my ear - as good as the very best class a or a/b amps i have had, of which i have had countless

vastly superior to any hypex purifi or other non-gan module based amps i have had or heard, which to me seem to 'grey out' the music some harmonically even if the tonal balance is good

I've been using a Pass X250.8 and then XA30.8 spread over the last 7 years and love the sound.

I recently purchased a pair of the Atmasphere Class D GaNFET monos to compare with my XA30.8 and so far have been very happy with them.   They may not be fully broken in yet and I have yet to switch back to the Pass so I'm still not done doing my listening comparisons.

But as a big Pass fan I can say I definitely like their general sound.  I find them to be very smooth and warm just like my Pass with nice natural tone.  I don't find them fatiguing at all.   I think they also image extremely well just like my XA30.8 which to me is one of the best imaging amps I've heard at home.  

If you like the sound of Pass and get the chance to hear the Atmasphere GaNFET monos, I would take it as you may just like them, even though they are Class D...

Well, this thread went in a direction different than what I had in mind.  I own class D amps, SET amps, and AB amps, but I didn't really want to get into the relative merits of each.  What I had in mind was to discuss the irresponsible ways that audio gurus 'infilict' their opinions and biases on us poor audiophiles.

If the staff of critics at TAS deserve all this derision, how far down Hell's rings do the opinions of we ordinary audiophiles rank? Can we ride our horses under the door? 🙄

Ordinary audiophiles are not paid to write reviews.