Classdaudio vs Channel Islands amps


I was wondering if anyone has heard any models from both Classdaudio and Channel Island amps. I searched the threads, but I couldn't find a comparison. I want to know how the two brands compare in terms of sound, durability, and build quality. I know that Classdaudio builds their own circuit board while Channel Islands use Hypex. I would appreciate any information.
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Audiozen, please consider watching your language... Whether or not my cerebrum -- or anyone else's cerebrum -- is operational or not, is a matter not material to the topic of this thread.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming... The problem is a confusion of terms caused mostly by the suppliers of class D power amplification modules... While strictly speaking, Pascal/AbleTec/Hypex may be correct in calling their products "amplifiers", without further qualifiers, the usage causes occasional misconceptions an unnecessary panic by audiophilic consumers.

For our purposes, It may be best to refer as "amplifier" the end product complete with the pretty metal box that you Audiozen purchase from our beloved designers/integrators, while the class D engine inside the box is best referred to as the ""amplification module", or the "power conversion module". The terms are largely interchangeable. Some power conversion modules may also include an integrated SMPS, others have an off-board SMPS which may or may not always be utilized by the OEM designer/manufacturer/integrator. in many entry level products, the power conversion module may be the only active components, in progressively more sophisticated implementations, the module is just one active component of a potentially complex circuitry.

D-Sonics is a designer/integrator who manufactures near Houston (TX) end-user entry-level power amplifiers which are based on Class-D power amplification/conversion modules and other component parts sourced from a potentially multi-national/global supply chain.

While Dennis has this far declined to discuss at any length the origin/brand/model of the modules, there exists some empirical evidence that D-Sonic may be using Pascal modules as engines in some of its power amplifiers, and Abletec modules in other ones.

G.
I am aware of what a separate power module is..Dennis told me directly he adds no additions to the amps he uses from Pascal and Abletec, only to the Pascal X-PRO he uses in his M3 1500M..Let me repeat myself Guido...D-SONIC DOES NOT MANUFACTURE AMPLIFIERS IN TEXAS..Dennis uses B&O ICE in his multi-Channel amps, and only Pascal and Abletec in his mono and stereo amps which Dennis has admitted to me directly. There is no such thing as a in house D-Sonic amplifier designed by Dennis, who is not an amp designer, he has a professional background in metal work, not in electronics. "there may be some empirical evidence that D-Sonic may be using"..he is definitely using the Abletec ALC-1000 and the Pascal X-PRO. The interior photos speak for themselves since they are identical twins of company pics from Abletec and Pascal. Dennis does not manufacture separate power modules for the Pascal and Abletec amps he uses.
Guido..."end-user entry level-power amplifiers?"..what an insult to Patrik Bostrom who recently designed the worlds finest Class D amplifier with Leif Olufsson, the M-Amp of the Marten company in Sweden. If anyone wants to take the time to check out the genius of Patrik Bostrom, go to the Marten home page and click on the PDF download brochure for the M-Amp which goes into extensive technical detail and the brilliant design applications of Bostrom's shear wizardry. An excellent read.
The bottom line is that I don't give a rat's ass if the D-Sonic amps are made in Texas or China. Dennis Deacon is a great person who got way ahead of us recognizing the innovative amps from Pascal and Abletec. He mentioned he has listened to just about every Class-D amp including Ncore, and the Abletec and Pascal amps are the very best he has heard to date. Hell, if he was in it for the money, he could buy the Ncore NC1200/SMPS1200 for a $1000.00 a set, buy two sets and put them into two mono blocks, and rip you off and sell them for $12000.00 a pair like the Merrill Veritas amps and really screw you blind.
Audiozen, you may be misunderstanding what I said...

* With "Entry level" I refered to the pretty box that you order from the integrator, not the underlying power conversion module inside it... Yes, until now, D-Sonic consumer offerings have been entry level. The same or similar module used in an entry level power amplifier may be used in some very sophisticated end user products, like the Martin amps.

G.