Class D question...............

P.S really cheap D if you have insensitive speakers is Walter Lidermans (Underwoodwally here) direct sold Wyred amps.
Chazz

Whether class D is sweet, neutral, dry and clinical, or warm and fuzzy all depends on what and how you feed the class D amp. All cable choices, source, and preamp are critical to your class D amp's performance. This is much more so than for conventional amps.

i have yet to find any amp that is not tube based sound "sweet". in fact, no amp is neutral, as all components are imperfect.

most designers try to produce as colorless a product as possible, at a given price point. it is the task of a prospective buyer to find the "errors".

Gvickerschtick, Like amps of all other types, class D amps vary in performance, tembral signature, and price. . . it is difficult to make a broad-stroke statement on how class D sounds any longer. One common trait is that they take a very long time to break in, and before complete break in at about 1000 hours of music making, they can sound rather dry. . . or at least rather odd. Audiophiles who seek a modicum of tube bloom have successfully paired class D amps with tube linestages and front ends. As I prefer a more neutrally approach to musical sound, I have recently gone completely SS with a JRDG 312 and a JRDG Capri linestage and couldn't be happier. . . . well, until the next upgrade. . . you understand (grins!)
Seems to me also that like with most other technologies, power cords, ICs, and power conditioning may have a significant effect.
The bottomline answer is that class D can 'sound' in many different ways, including 'sweet', provided the software and the rest of the system make it so.

Guido's points are well articulated.

Don't forget, every person has personal listening preferences and cues, but most important IMO (and no humor intended) we all hear differently. Our ears and brain do not respond exactly as the person sitting next to us.

Or not.

YMMV