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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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@niodari no he is just brow beating Ralph because he loves his new amplifiers. Please! Have a good evening.
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No it is all good. I appreciate your post. I just assume that it doesn’t matter a whole lot, and it seemed like it would be good to have in here.
He did state that he likes Purifi and Hypex, and that they also have published specs and graphs. Being a fanboi of those brand does not automatically exclude one from liking, for instance, Atmasphere or Benchmark. It seemed more like “he has no objective proof that he should like them,” which if that is really what he means, then I cannot find a cogent argument to oppose that view. And I like them without an objective and rational reason to do so. It is not like being about as good a Purifi and Hypex, as good, or a bit better, is very different… they are all very modern amplifiers showing the best of the topology. and I thought that @pstores posted that he had also tried Purifi and either Hypex or Benchmark, so I am sure that the graphs are likely nothing to be embarrassed about. |
Hypex, Orchard, and Purifi are some of the current state of the art performance wise. The publish detailed measurements that give a great deal of insight into the abilities of the designer, the behavior of the product, and how the amp will play with other components. Additionally, they outline and highlight the performance envelope for users. Clearly these companies believe there is some value added by documenting the performance of their products and I for one agree. All properly engineered commercial amps are rigorously tested and measured by their designers so this is not asking for anything they haven't already done. I fail to see any legitimate reason to not share such data. Not everyone can or does find value in such information but that is no reason to piss and moan about those who do. I happen to appreciate products with state of the art performance and elegant engineering, both of which often go hand in hand with transparency from the manufacturer.
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