Class "D" amp? I do not have a clue. Do you?

Readers please note that the BEl Canto ref1000 and ref1000m (or mkii as the ref100m has also been called)are two significantly different designs that reprotedly sound different and may work differently in different system configurations. Be sure you know exactly which design is being referred to.

When vendors change a design but only alter the model names slightly, things can be confusing. USing two different designations for the same design (re1000m and ref1000mkii) only makes thnings worse.

Stringreen, please explain your statement. I don't see anywhere on the Vandersteen website or the user manual's where it's stated not to use class D amps.

When I acquired my ref100ms used, the seller kindly obliged me and opened up the boxes to confirm the specific design. I f I were to pay a premium for that model, which I did, I wanted to be certain that the right guts were in there and not just rely on a model label on the rear casing.

Yes, the dc offset deal is news to me. Some explanation of what that is and why it might be an issue with some speakers and class D would be educational.

DC offset can harm your tweeter, depending on the tweeter design and degree of DC Offset

DC offset present in class D amplifiers and all other amplifiers which do not use output capacitors e.g. Plinius.

Before you purchase your amplifier check the specs. Spectron' specs is 10 mV but as a rule its 3 - 4 mV and its all harmless e.g. drives very well Vandersteen speakers.

When discussing different class D amplifiers, my suggestion is to pay more attention to the power supplies which drive it. There are a number of factors influencing class D amp sound We have posted a paper on our web site which hopefully provides some light:

http://spectronaudio.com/tech1.htm

Good Luck,

Simon

Every single person will give you a different opin,One, dont believe everything you hear EVEN from me.but for me i couldnt stand them,way way to much bass,,after i listened for a few months , i cant pin it down in audiophile words ,,,but i could not stand them,was the amp system dependent i dont know,but they didnt work for me,