D-Sonic vs Wyred vs ....


About to pull the plug on new amps to replace my Parasound HCA-1500's

Anyone have any opinion on how these companies compare & for that matter anything else you would suggest? I have about $3K to play with for a pair of mono amps or a stereo amp. They will power old Infinity Kappa 8.1's which are presently bi-amped with a pair of the parasound HCA-1500's.

This is what I am considering

Wyred for sound SX-1000 pair at $2,400 for the pair and
Wyred for sound ST-1000 at $2,000
Wyred for sound ST-1000 mk II - not sure price, I see its new

D-sonic has their m3-1500 at $2,800 a pair and has 1500w at 8ohm

Any
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Showing 5 responses by mapman

Good question. I am interested to know how they compare also from anyone who has auditioned both.
Unsound,

Bel Canto adds a power supply circuit to their ref series amps that Wyred does not. That probably has a lot to do with their relative performance.
Better buy the amps now then while they are still relative unknowns and before the maker himself even realizes the full potential and raises the prices accordingly. :-)

On a serious note, even older Icepower modules deliver topnotch results when implemented well. Rowland and Bel Canto have demonstrated that to-date. Wyred also though perhaps to a lesser degree.

Consider also that Class D technology has not peaked or plateaued yet in terms of its potential. The precision and accuracy of the technology continues to increase. Abletec and or Pascal might be two the the better recent examples that have not gained large home audio market penetration yet. But the trend will continue and the results possible at any particular price point should only continue to improve, so like with computers, the longer one waits before making the investment, possibly the better, but there are very viable and top notch performers on teh current grand scale of things readily available now if desired. Plus Class D amp technology still has the most untapped potential of any amp technology out there at present IMHO.
D-Sonic is a very secretive/murky product. Not much you can bank on other than price. Maybe that's enough?

I wonder how much sound difference/variability from unit to unit, series to series. No way to know really. That's a negative unfortunately.

Six Moon reviews are fun and interesting sometimes, but one review on such a big unknown as d-sonic can carry only so much water.

I suppose the strategy is "try it, you'll like it", which is fine.

Question for D-Sonic owners: once you buy, will D-Sonic answer tech questions about what you bought?
Audiozen,

You deliver a lot of hard conclusions based on readings/research it seems.

Research/learning is fine, but you should lighten up on publishing firm final conclusions among designs unless you have actually heard and compared specifically.

Technical specs/parameters are useful guidelines but alone never tell the whole story.

Tell me what's out there that seems to offer some innovation, but from there I am mainly interested in what these things sound like relative to each other. Reviewer-like assessments in lieu of reviewer actually hearing the thing being assessed is of very limited value frankly and comes across as having a hidden agenda.