Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing

@tinear123,

   Very very nice system…..  Can’t wait to hear your take. Those Coincident Amps are one of my Favorite 300b and with the right speakers are simply awesome. 
 

    I wasn’t able to put the amps against the XA 60.8’s today. Friend had an emergency. But I did spend a few hours at the Dealer. He really enjoyed them. He said he was shocked how dynamic they are and how they grabbed the Magnepans. They had total control over a speaker the dips to 2 ohms and measures out 84.5 db . Magnepan states 86 db… Some HIFI reviews state actual specs around 85. He said most 100 watt amps can’t do that. The soundstage was yuge. Bass was perfect. Accurate and clear. Pianos crisp and real. Cymbals sparkle and brushes defined. The music was accurate and true to all aspects. Which in itself is very impressive. The Maggie’s weren’t in the room. You couldn’t pinpoint them across the entire back of the room. Am sure if they were box type traditional speakers you’d clearly hear one over the other as you transverse the back of the room. These are very transparent and organic at the same time. Not bright on Maggie’s at all. Or any harsh leading edges. The attack and decay was what it should be as well. It just doesn’t do anything offensive or bad. Just for fun I cranked them up to see if I could shake the amps. They never broke a sweat. Never got warm, Never strained to control the Maggie’s. And they rocked the house. 

 

@ricevs When you take your ego sword out and start swinging, you are not in a high vibration.....Do you love yourself, do you love me? 
 

I dunno about others on this esteemed audio forum , but I'm sure something could be arranged elsewhere.

@noske I was referring to independent measurements, such as those performed by John Atkinson for Stereophile. Should have made that clearer.

@twoleftears

40 years ago I learned you don’t listen to specs and measurements. Some of the best spec’ed gear sounds sterile, dry and lifeless. Try listening with your ears and then look at specs. Being there has been so many reviews. And quite a few regular people like me have posted their thoughts one what they heard. All with pretty respectable systems. None have said anything negative. Actually all so far very positive. Professional and Consumer reviews. Should mean something. Yes all subjective. But one common view point. So points to a common outcome. It’s like IT people 1’s and 0’s are always 1’s and 0’s. You can’t improve on that. Well it seems you can. DAC’s and Class D’s prove that everyday.

@pstores

40 years ago I learned you don’t listen to specs and measurements. Some of the best spec’ed gear sounds sterile, dry and lifeless.

Again, that’s your experience and your opinion. Some of the best spec’ed gear sounds anything but sterile, dry, and lifeless to others, so again, there is no universal truth to your statement, it’s just more opinion. It means nothing. Who cares how many people like something? Doesn’t mean anything to me. Because 1 billion people like ketchup does it mean I will? No, I don’t like ketchup. When it comes to personal preferences, no, professional reviews, consumer reviews, or any other sort addressing subjective matters of taste don’t have to mean anything and can never answer the ultimate question on a personal level- will I like it in my system in my room?

If you like it, that's really all that should matter to you. Whether or not other people share your opinion is not something you should be concerned about. Tastes differ, that's a fact.