Looking for recommendations for integrated with a more “organic” sound.

@doyle3433 

Ive been in the hobby for 6+ decades. Done my share of tube and class A/AB. I moved to class D over 10 years ago with W4S, PS Audio, and of late a EVS 1200 by Ric Schutz, based on dual IcePower AS 1200 modules and lots of his special pixie dust. I also have a LSA Voyager GaN 350. Both are exceptional amplifiers, regardless of type

I am really interested in the PS audio integrated. Price is good too.. may be my way into class D. Apologies to the OP, a little sidebar.

It’s interesting that not many people around here appear to be have turned on to the Lyngdorf approach to Class D design.

There are too many different aspects of how their TDAI integrated amps are both different and innovative to mention w/o writing a real long winded post.

But I will mention their Room Perfect software because I read so many reviews and articles before I dropped the bucks and It’s almost unanimous that they do it better. The results allowed my speakers to really sing. The way it integrates bass, especially, is like wow in effect.

Ok, I will mention one more unique feature and that’s their “voicings”. I would call it an audiophile version of tone control.

The vast majority of the time I leave mine on the Focused (listening position) and Neutral setting, which is like the name imlpies neutral, because I get a very nice and balanced sound out of my equipment. But the Voicings allow me to add more bass or more bass x2 and it’s entirely innovative, how they do it … not by adding one iota of bass frequencies, but by employing a sound curve that takes some of the mid and higher frequencies out of the curve. It illustrates the curve on each of the settings.

My understanding is that Peter Lyngdorf likes to call the TDAI amps a Power Dac and that the electronic design is the equivalent of a wire with gain, how it operates in the real world.

This is not your father’s Class D. And very interesting that more folks haven’t turned on to the innovative approach because it’s uniquely cool. There’s a little brother and big brother, essentially, and they both produce exactly the same sound excepting that the big brother has both more power and more adaptability.

Reason I shared all of this is that a number of the reviewers commented on how organic the sound is, which seems to match what you’re looking for.

Hi all,

Some very interesting suggestions here. Thank you all for your contributions.

As for Yamaha, I actually just sold off my A-S1200 as it does not pair well with my Zu's IMHO. Sounded much better with the Wharfedales I had previously. The midrange is much too thin and it lacked low bass weight for me.

I didn't mention it before, but I am not looking at class-D at the moment. The one amp I tried was impressive in many ways, but an even worse match and after talking to the manufacturer, he agreed that high impedence speakers tend not to pair as well with some class-D amps.

With different speakers, however, I could definitely understand the advantages of a well-implemented class-D design.

Cheers!
Tom

This might work. angela-gilbert.com