I don't believe any type of harmonic distortion from an amplifier is "desirable".
Some like the added distortion, others prefer the truth. Personal preference.
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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I read Atmasphere’s words as, ‘given the choice between no 2nd/3rd harmonics, then having them allows one to mask the higher order harmonics. So you want them higher than everything at 4th and higher harmonics. Some of this may also bleed into people running tube preamps into SS/Class-D amps. |
@riccitone Yes they are nice and it is really confusing with the reviewers and the OE spec sheets. Just look at this review. Gold Note is making some very nice audio equipment. |
And this is a truth. I am such a one, for a variety of reasons. I am also careful to consider measurements (defined widely) for a component's attributes, again, for a number of reasons. |
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