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.
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@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. please see this link for more info:
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Musical Fidelity leans towards a warmer sound than say Cambridge Audio or most Class Ds. Class D is not for warmth. Hypex is probably the popular modern implementation that comes closer than Purifi and definitely Pascal. I’ve heard Atmasphere Class D and the sound was more like his tube amps than not. So don’t make the mistake of thinking all Class D is the same. Some vendors offer different op amps up front that adjusts the sound to different preferences. VTV for example. Personally, with B&W, which I have owned, I’d probably lean towards Pascal or Purifi. Hypex ncore done well would be perfectly fine. I tend to lean towards detail rather than warmth. |
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