MerrillAudio Veritas Reviewed at Dagogo

As I have said over and over on other posts. NO! NO! AND NO!

NOTHING BUT A FAN OF THE HYPEX NCORE NC1200 TECH AND WHAT A GREAT JOB MERRILL AUDIO HAS DONE ON THESE AMPS!

And I am not the only one who started a thread about the Veritas.

Why is it that on forums TOTAL devoted to all things Audio if you post a favorable impression and any follow ups as a fan you must have an ulterior motive. All my post have the same handle no matter what Audio forum I am on.

I have made several very favorable post about the new Stillpoints Ultra footers so why no questions about them.

I have also made post about B&W Speakers.

Please MOVE ON>

What's with these prices?

I've been enjoying the unique presentation offered by switching amplifiers beginning with the PS Audio HCA-2 long before Stereophile's bold Class A status review. I'm currently using a pair of nCore 400s which are by far the best sounding switching amplifiers I've owned or auditioned in home.

Strikingly, they are also the least expensive class D amplifiers by a substantial degree. Yes, they're in kit form but the time and cost of assembly and casework is still minimal (mine are actually mounted on a piece maple).

So what am I missing? I think most Hypex fans were somewhat stunned by the dramatic price increase that Hypex was going to charge for their increased power supplied nCore vendor available only units.

Coupled with (I'm assuming) undisclosed innovations or as in the Dagogo review, "attention to detail," and the obvious increase in the cost of exotic casework in both the Merrill Audio and the Mola Mola, (but nowhere near as exotic as JRDGs 3 series) Class D has entered that audio/financial level of questionability sometimes known as diminishing returns.

I'm not complaining about these manufactures right to profits but isn't anybody interested in the unique "details" that are driving the cost or is simply doubling of their output power worth almost quadrupling their price?

Hifial,

You have answered 30 threads and started 5. Here are the five threads you started:

MerrillAudio Veritas Reviewed at Dagogo
Power Cables you like with Merrill Veritas Amps
Hypex Ncore NC1200 Amps at NY Audio Show in April
MerrillAudio Veritas to drive Raidho D1 at NY Show
MerrillAudio Veritas to drive Raidho D1 at NY Show (this is a second thread with the same title as a previous one)

We get it. You like the amps.

VicD: Two responses:

1) The Merrill amp is based on a module (the NC1200) only sold to audio companies, not diy enthusiasts. This module is reportedly slightly better and higher powered than the NC400.

2) This goes to show you the mark-up present in finished audio products. I'm becoming more and more interested in diy as I learn more about audio.

C'mon folks ... lighten up. Hifial just shared information about a review. He didn't write it, after all. I appreciate the heads-up.