D amps


Anyone try the new class D amps with Nautilus 802 speakers?

bernal737

I'm waiting for the new mono-blocks to post on their website. I want to read about the options that are alluded to on their current website.

Hello @bernal737 ,  I had Mola Mola Kaluga amps with my N802's, also with the MM Makua preamp.  they were amazing in many ways, with great bass control and dynamics.  But they lacked the sublty, resolution, sparkle, air and imaging of  great class  AB amps that replaced them.  I know there are many newer class D designs.

@bernal737, I agree with the comments above. I owned the HYPEX NCore NC400 bridged class D amplifiers and did not like them. I switched to the Mola Mola Tambaqui HYPEX NC1200 DAC and still did not like the class D sound on these amps. As described above, they lacked the subtly, feeling, resolution, sparkle, air and imaging of my MusicalFidelity class AB amps that replaced them.

When I first installed them, after break in, they sounded very good. The problem is the more I listed, the less I liked them. I replaced them with the Musical Fidelity integrated CLASS A/B amp M6si. It is configured as 2 independent monobloc power amps with a separate preamp. It is, in fact, a preamp with 2 monobloc power amps that just happen to share the same casework.

There are some newer class D designs on the market today using the GaN class D amp. For example, please see the Atma-Sphere ClassD GaN mono amplifiers. Purifi Class D amps are another example. Jeff Rowland Design Group also uses a class D design but I know nothing about it.

Based on my Class D experience, I am not looking at any Class D amps.

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