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What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today?

There have been a number of threads discussing the wonder of GaN and some of the individual amplifiers that have caught peoples attention, including those from AGD, Atma-Sphere, Peachtree, LSA, etc. Has anyone done a shootout against two or more GaN amps? If so, which did you prefer, and why? And on what speakers?

Also, of the one you preferred, do you prefer it over every other amplifier you’ve ever heard? If not, what non-GaN amp do you enjoy more?

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mc1969
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@mapman read the reviews.

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mapman
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@mapman read the reviews
 

The good ones for that product or all the others with similar food revues?

Being a bit cheeky…..can you point me to one that indicated it is the “best”?  Thanks.  

 

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milpai
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Thank You everyone who responded to my speaker load question. At some point I am thinking of upgrading the amp. While I was leaning towards a regular Class AB amp, I am also getting more interested in Class D.

yyzsantabarbara
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I have not had a Class D amp that bettered my best Class A or even AB amp yet. I have kept it under $3K for the various Class D amps I have tried.

However, for certain applications, like my office system, with the LRS+ it is a lot of Class A or AB dollars to get to the level that I am hearing with the PeachTree GAN400, especially used.

I am listening to a long playlist of Sinead O'Connor music as I type this, and it is goosebumps. I am sure it is 99% her voice but the gear does add to the beauty of hear voice.

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atmasphere
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There are tons and tons of factors in a power cord that effect sound quality.  Resistance is one of hundreds....Bandwidth?  You need wide bandwidth to carry 60 cycles?    Actually, you do....and you don't......long story.  What about all the other factors?  You don't go there, eh?

Actually I have. Bandwidth is required to pass current in the short period of time at the peak of the AC waveform when the power supply filter caps can charge. If the bandwidth is lacking in the cable the caps will not charge properly. I have explained this elsewhere.

I never said you told people to buy 4 gauge power cords.......it is just what you imply.

Ralph would have us all buy 4 guage power cords

😂 When someone is willing to contradict themselves in this manner, its not about fact. Its about making the other person wrong.

It is time to stop with the trolling.

I am listening to a long playlist of Sinead O'Connor music as I type this, and it is goosebumps. I am sure it is 99% her voice but the gear does add to the beauty of hear voice.

This is a comment that I often see made by people that purport SETs. We might have a difference of opinion here; mine is that the equipment should not add or subtract WRT to the beauty of the recording. In this way, the more neutral you can get the equipment to be, the more it can bring out nuance in the recording without editorial. 

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