Looking for 200 watt Amp to drive Dynaudio Heritage speakers

To me, those impressions are mostly consistent with the current comment,

“lack of soul or engagement."

@mitch2 Right- but apparently, only holds true for those examples. They don't represent all class D amps any more than saying something like that represents all class AB amps. And there are plenty of the latter that suffer the same problem and are bright and harsh to boot.

But there are class D amps that are as involving and as musical as the best tube amps, perhaps even better as just pointed out. The ones I'm playing at home are more revealing than the triode OTLs I was playing for years prior but just as engaging so I don't miss the tubes at all.

@atmasphere - No argument on the possibility of better sounding Class D amplifiers.  I think some of the perception problem is due to the level of hype surrounding each new amplifier release, which peaked with those Hypex NC1200 amplifiers when several reviewers declared them "as good as Class A".  They were not as good as the two Class A amps I owned at the time, Clayton M300s and Lamm M1.2 Reference.  They did some stuff nicely including well-damped (maybe a little over-damped) bass, nice tone, macro impact, and smoothness, but compared to the amplifiers I have enjoyed most, they came out a little flat and uninspiring for $9K amps.  I believe I once described the sound as musicians each playing in a separate room instead of a band playing together.  There was something about the ambient sounds that was not coherent as it is in real life.

I would love to hear a pair of small, light amplifiers that overcome that issue.  OTOH, my somewhat large heavy amps sit in one spot, don't bother anyone and sound great, plus I can lift them if I need to, so I have no reason to change anything.

No one said you had to change. People said the same about the automobile, my ox cart works great. 

@audio_is_subjective You have a cart to carry your oxen??

This is a old thread so I am not sure if the OP found a amp for his Heritage Specials or not.  I own the Hertiage Specials and have had a love and hate relationship with them but I really love how they sound once they have enough power behind them.  I when from owning tubes  for over 40+ years to the Boulder 866 to drive them.

You will never really how how they sound without a great amp.  The HS is a completely different speaker with the Boulder.  They are not cheap but worth checking out.