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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Idle current is so low that it invites leaving them on 24/7 yet if the amps happen to be cold, they need little to no warm-up to sing.

@pstores, congratulations on your purchase!

I've had my pair for ~ 2.5 months now, and leave them on 24/7; it is amazing how cool they run (like barely warm at all, unlike my other amp which is a Class A Pass). I might have 300 hrs of play time on them at most and think they likely have improved some over that time.

I'm feeding them with a Meitner MA3 and Sim 740P, and they are most certainly not out of place. 

Atma's are good but overpriced....400 watt Peachtree is 90% there and costs under $3,000....I'm hearing details I never heard with my tube and class AB amps that I love. Every piece of music I play sounds "new" with all this added detail...very exciting....but I still love my 845 SET Tubes.

Atma’s are good but overpriced....400 watt Peachtree is 90% there and costs under $3,000

So, you have completed a full costing analysis on all of the necessary inputs (defined very wide) in order to make this comparison?

Others may suggest the exact opposite of what you suggest - that Peachtree is utter junk and something that a person with more dollars than sense would consider buying.

Because 90% there is sufficient?

I say no.

Declare your interests. I have none.

What I do know is that I’d rather pay way more than 5,400 for a 100% "there" than 3,000 for something not quite "there" and possibly has unresolved component or design issues.

Why on earth would anyone settle for less at these price points?  I buy for keeps, not to experiment.