Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing


Today I picked up my Atma-Sphere Class D Amps. These aren’t broken in yet. And they are simply amazing. I’ve listen to a lot of High End Class D. Some that cost many times what Atma-Sphere Class D costs. I wasn’t a fan of any of them. But these amps are amazing. I really expected to hate them. So my expectations were low. The Details are of what I’ve never heard from any other amps. They are extremely neutral. To say the realism is is extremely good is a gross understatement. They are so transparent it’s scary. These amps just grab you and suck you into the music. After I live with them some and get them broken in. And do some comparisons to some other high end Amps Solid State, Tubes and Class D’s, also in other systems I’ll do a more comprehensive review. But for now, these are simply amazing amps.. Congrats to Ralph and his team. You guys nailed on these.

 

 

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Nice write up OP and I completely understand your upfront nagging concern of what they will sound like. It comes from your past experiences and that is completely reasonable. I am most interested in these amplifiers and will also have to allow my trust in Ralph to win over some of my up front Class D assumptions.  Ralph is truly one of the very best designers and gentleman in the business.

The irony !    One of the best mfg of OTL tube gear makes one of the most highly acclaimed Class D amps yet.    Go figure

MA-1s/140wpc for $9,800, and Class D/100wpc for $5,400, into Khorns which need only a few watts? Time to be rescued by a less expensive 300B tube amp which sounds very much "like a tube amp"...

I would be open minded enough to try Ralph's Class D amps.   They would never release an amp that didn't sound great in my opinion.    Why bother?     $5400 is not out of line for.a great pair of amps .  Sure it's a lot of money, but you will spend that much for a really good 300b or more , unless you build it.  

The differences are baked in. Ralph designed them from the ground (literally) up.