New Class D amplifiers

You will get all kind of opinions but bottom line is you have to try it and see if a class d amp works for you. It has for me for many years and I have heard it all at shows, dealers. Etc. Everyone has a spin. Bottom line is class d is as viable as anything and in many cases more affordable. Not to mention more efficient, generally smaller and easy to deal with. Only you can decide. I can only recommend you do.

I “downsized” to a Cambridge Evo 150 (Hypex based) recently based on positive press and glad I did. Read the readily available info and reviews. No BS there. It sounds and works exactly as advertised. Good luck deciding! So many good ways to go with Class D these days. It’s a better time than ever to be an audiophile !

I had a listening session with a friend just yesterday!  Pure bliss!   Couldn’t ask for more.   

This Seoul, South Korea-based company claims that it is using a new variety of solid-state transistors, gallium nitride (GaN) FET transistors in place of the standard silicon ones, which for technical reasons are claimed to greatly improve the sound of traditional Class-D amplifiers, which suffer from time-delay problems associated with using silicon-based transistors.

A solution in search of a problem. The best performing class d amps on the market today do not use GaN fets.

Go Tube pre with a good class D GANFET amp and you’ll love what comes out.

 

If you like tubes. If you prefer to preserve the integrity of the input signal, I would avoid introducing tubes into the signal chain.

@kuribo: Then, how do you account for why gallium nitride (GaN) FET transistors are being touted as "all the rage" among afficionados of Class-D amplifiers these days (witness the Stereophile review of the HiFi Rose RA180)?

Could you please cite one or more examples of those class-D amplifiers which you say are the "best performing class d amps on the market," and if possible, describe what kinds of silicon-based devices and/or alternative technologies their manufacturers are using instead. Thank you!

@erictal4075  have seen Rose but wasn't aware it was Class D.  Thought they were streaming Don't really care for steampunk look.