Classdaudio vs Channel Islands amps

Well...heck..exploring further on Class D Audio comes up more negative than positive. On one forum I read that a customer purchased a Class D amp and the packaging was terrible. The amp was thrown in a carton with nothing more than styrofoam chips poured around the amp instead of solid foam bars with cutouts holding the amp in the center of the carton. One of the circuit boards broke away from the mount screws and moved back and forth. Had to send back. There is no phone number anywhere on the Class D Audio website.
I came across photos of the D-Sonic M2 and M3 amps and more impressed than ever. The M2 and M3 top models use the same amps. The M2/M3 600M mono blocks uses Abletec amps and their M3 1500M uses Pascal amps. A review by a consumer on the Polk Audio forum who bought the M2 600M mono blocks had them burned in for a month running them through a pair of KEF Q speakers and found them to be warm, very organic, presenting the music with a very powerful flowing ease with no strain whatsoever. D-Sonic is still at the top of my list for best value for Class D amps.

Audiozen,
That's very disconcerting to hear about Class D Audio. I noticed that there was no phone number anywhere on the website. I actually found the number on the internet when I called.

I'm still trying to find a good class D amp. I think I crossed off D-Sonic from my list because it's made in China. I prefer to buy American made. Do you have any other suggestions?

Guidocorona,
Actually, I read on a forum that the amps are made in China. I should have made sure instead of making assumptions. Anyway, I just called D-Sonic, and I was told that they are made in Texas... yay!

I'll definitely look into D-Sonic, but I'm still seriously considering the Class D Audio amp since it's half the price of D-Sonic.

Izora...have no reservations about the very high build quality of the Abletec amps manufactured in China. I'm not sure about Pascal but the very low priced D-Sonic amps with the Pascal modules would indicate thats the case since all the D-Sonic amps are very low priced. The following companies manufacture most of their high end products in China. Cambridge Audio. Musical Fidelity. KEF Speakers. B&W Speakers. Polk Audio. Prima Luna. Cayin. Vincent Audio. Just to name a few of a longer list I could provide. The D-Sonic M3 1200S stereo amp and their M3 600M mono amp use the Abletec ALC 1000 mono block amps designed by Patrik Bostrom of Sweden with Anaview AB, which he sold to Abletec in early 2010 and became their Chief Technical Officer. Abletec was acquired earlier this year by the Etal Group in Sweden that have branches all over the world including Hong Kong. Patrik Bostrom is recognized in the high tech world as a Class D wizard throughout Europe and is one of the most brilliant leaders today in the advancement of Class D technical engineering and the recent patents he retains on his innovative Class D designs. You will not find a better Class D amp anywhere today in the price range of the D-Sonic amps with the Abletec phase shifting modulation modules, which is better than pulse width modulation which has been common in Class D-amps for many years.