Classdaudio vs Channel Islands amps

Nothing wrong at all with Hypex, their nCore amps get rave reviews. Digital amps are really coming of age and I may make the switch from Class AB to Class D sometime in the near future...

-RW-

Hi RW, has Channel Islands now switched to Hypex Ncore? I thought they were still using Hypex UCD. G.

I know that amps from both companies have received good reviews, but I would like to see a comparison between the two. Even though they are both class D, they are based on different modules. I do like that Classdaudio manufactures their own modules, which is probably why they can pass the savings onto the customer.

Having had extended conversations with Dusty Vawter of Channel Islands during the past three years, and receiving emails from him of the interior of the D-500 MKII, he has applied major upgrades to the D-500 MKII by adding a large power supply and a beefy toroidal transformer and adding his own DC power supply board. I respect companies that take small, lightweight Class D switching modules and power supplies and add major upgrades to make a far better product than just slapping in the switching and power modules and adding fancy wiring in a pretty cabinet and charge an outrageous retail price. The Class D Audio amps look like a damn good deal for the price. Another company to consider as well with high powered budget priced Class D amplifiers using the very innovative Pascal switching and power modules is D-Sonic out of Texas. Jeff Rowland recently utilized Pascal amps into two of his newest Class D products.