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D-Sonic vs Wyred vs ....

About to pull the plug on new amps to replace my Parasound HCA-1500's

Anyone have any opinion on how these companies compare & for that matter anything else you would suggest? I have about $3K to play with for a pair of mono amps or a stereo amp. They will power old Infinity Kappa 8.1's which are presently bi-amped with a pair of the parasound HCA-1500's.

This is what I am considering

Wyred for sound SX-1000 pair at $2,400 for the pair and
Wyred for sound ST-1000 at $2,000
Wyred for sound ST-1000 mk II - not sure price, I see its new

D-sonic has their m3-1500 at $2,800 a pair and has 1500w at 8ohm

Any
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mapman
22,314 posts
 
D-Sonic is a very secretive/murky product. Not much you can bank on other than price. Maybe that's enough?

I wonder how much sound difference/variability from unit to unit, series to series. No way to know really. That's a negative unfortunately.

Six Moon reviews are fun and interesting sometimes, but one review on such a big unknown as d-sonic can carry only so much water.

I suppose the strategy is "try it, you'll like it", which is fine.

Question for D-Sonic owners: once you buy, will D-Sonic answer tech questions about what you bought?
audiozen
831 posts
 
The M3 series has been out for quite sometime. I already mentioned in a previous
thread I initiated months back on D-Sonic that Dennis mentioned to me during one of several phone conversations that his M3-1500M amp is a Pascal, and his M3-600M amp is Abletec. He would not divulge any further info on his other mono or two channel models but did state that all of his multi-channel amps are B&O Ice.
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Hi Audiozen, thank you for the info...

Do you also happen to know what the differences might be between the M2-1500M reviewed on 6moon, and the current M3-1500m?

G.
audiozen
831 posts
 
Yes Guido..the M2-1500M and the M3-1500M are identical amps
as well as the M2-600M and the M3-600M. The only difference as mentioned by Dennis, is that the chassis/faceplate design was upgraded to the entire line in 2012.
vladimir
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I think there is too much speculation on d-sonic. It has been clear for a year or so that the lower-power amps are Abletec and the higher-power ones Pascal. The proof of the sound pudding is in the eating, that is, when reviewers and customers --not the manufacturer-- decide which one sounds best. I haven't listened to any of them but I think it is good for audio (and for Dennis) that d-sonic is in the news.
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