Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ?


I never heard his amps, but some writers say just that - nothing transistor sounds better.
What do you think ? 
I listened on youtube a few systems with D'Agostino amps and preamps and liked a lot what I heard.

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inna
Anything SS sounds better than D’Agostino ?



The Gryphon top range "probably" could

The 180w Gryphon Antillion 3 x Class-A modes to chose from 10w for Summer and 100w for Winter, and can drive anything thrown at it.
https://gryphon-audio.dk/shop/power-amplifiers/antileon-evo-stereo/

And if you have very efficient speakers, the 50w Mephisto which is also 50w Class-A, can drive evil loads also
https://gryphon-audio.dk/shop/power-amplifiers/mephisto/

Cheers George
I read that some prefer D’Agostino and others prefer Gryphon.
Gryphon Antilion, as you pick your own amount of Class-A bias you want to listen to from 5w to 100w, depending on your mood and or ambient room temp.

Cheers George
George, I don’t know Antillion amps and I’m sure they are great, but 7500W into 0.25ohms requires 173 amperes? What kind of power supply can deliver 173 amperes?

I’ve usually found the Danes don’t bullshit about their measurements.

Yes it is impressive to look at my friend owns one, and that was peak wattage, somewhere independent backed it up also, (can’t find it) with that same peak amperage also that you stated.
And if you think that’s impressive, their Mephisto monos can do 9000w!!!! peak into 0.25ohm
https://gryphon-audio.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Tech.-Spec.-ALL-Products-05032020.pdf

My amp can do similar to those Antillion
https://ibb.co/kykX0f9
https://ibb.co/th0BxN7
https://ibb.co/6sHg80T

Cheers George

Yes Gryphon probably even better again into low impedances, they are also complimentary bi-polar amplifiers
EG: the Antillion monoblock can give 7500w peak into 0.25ohm

Cheers George
Nothing will ever come close to a Pass Labs amplifier, especially if it is of class A design, if you can live with the heat that it generates.
They are very good, but they were even better to me back when he used complimentary bi-polars instead of mosfets. They had far more current ability, (and no mosfet mist) and the reason I think Dan D'Agostino stayed with them.
None of Pass Labs (mosfets) can "out current" Krells or D'Agostino (bi-polars) into low impedances, like into Wilson Alexia's 0.9ohm bass

Cheers George