New Class D amplifiers

I would love to hear more opinions about the Nilai500, I currently have DIY Ncore 400 monoblocks. Is it worth upgrading to the Nilai500? It supposed to be as good or even better than the Purifi amps. I am also considering the new Aavik amplifiers (I180/280/580) which are based on the Pascal modules.

I’ve never owned the Ncore 400’s but always wanted to try them. When I finally went to give them a try the Nilai500 had been released as their replacement.

This is the first time I’ve ever used class D for my stereo mains amplification.
I have Crowns for subwoofer duty, and I’ve tried using them for powering the left and right mains but they sounded just awful to me.

But not the Nilai. Very clean and powerful without the horrible edge (resulting in fatigue) that the Crowns presented.

The balanced line option (xlr) is also nice. Running fully balanced from start to finish is interesting… it really does seem to lower the noise floor in the room, being able to put your ear right up against 100db sensitivity horn loudspeakers and hear absolutely no hiss, hum or buzz of any kind is pretty remarkable in my opinion. I certainly could not do that with my unbalanced lines 

so far so good!

Good point about Nilai500. Would be great if someone heard them together with one of the GaN amps mentioned in this thread, especially those in the lower price bracket.

+1

Just out of curiosity - anyone here compare between Purifi Vs Nilai Vs GaNFet? I think most posters who have been happy with Class D amps previously owned Solid state amps. Very very few replaced tubes with Class D. Is that right?