Competitive class D amp suggestions

The M1200s are now $4398. Stock Ice Edge boards but their own tube input. Ric Schultz introduced  his EVS1200 a good year before them using the same Ice Edge modules, but in one chassis, plus all his technical and mechanical skills. No longer made, it was ~ $2500. I have one, that I would consider selling it at that price

@niodari

Congrats. Do not worry as it will definitely break in. Now, that said, I did not like the the supplied footers, replaced them with inexpensive Nobsound + added ~ 5#s of weight to the top. The W4S (XLR>XLR) makes a lot sense, but quality XLRs and PC will matter. Replacing a Marantz HD CD-1 (used as a transport) with a Audiolab CDT 6000, was another excellent upgrade, as was improving the coax and PC cables to it. Feed it HQ ancillaries and it WILL reward you

hth

The supposed harshness in the Voyagers high frequencies: As a long time audiophile, I can tell you that vibration and isolation make a huge difference in sound quality. All my kit is currently resting on Nobsound Springs (see Amazon), which are very cost effective, and downright cheap considering what they do. FYI: there is a forum page about how to use them.

As mentioned, I have a LSA Voyager and did not like the sound using the supplied feet. Ditto the supplied power cord.

Other things that matter: my Emerald Physics 3.4s (no longer in production) have 12" woofers with 1" concentric polyster tweeters. If one's speakers have metal tweeters and low quality ICs/PCs the sound of any component will be compromised. Also, the source and its cabling, lack of good isolation/vibration will negatively affect the sound

hth

Underwood HiFi has 2 that have gotten excellent reviews

Warp 1 @ $1200

Voyager GaN 350 @ $3000

I have owned the Voyger for almost 1.5 years. Truly an amazing bargain

I can't imagine what amp could replace my Voyager. I still have the EVS1200, to try as a subwoofer amp, unless someone wants to buy it

I had the PS Audio M700s when MSRP was a realistic $2k. I liked them but they didn't couple well in my large room. Their M1200s were on my radar, but took too long to bring to market (just as well with their absurd $12K MSRP) I replaced them with EVS 1200 (exact same modules as the PS Audio, but highly modified by Ric Schultz @ 1/4 the MSRP), and though I raved about it and the benefits of 2-3 times the wpc, when I got my Voyager GaN 350 (~ half the EVSs power) it locked into my room in a way that the only other other amp I owned ever did; the Kinergetics KBA 75, pure class A power meter spinner

Some amplifier power supplies/transformers can create high frequency vibrations when they are not properly isolated (Ric Schultz/EVS addresses that with his mods), as well as external vibration from the speakers feeding back into the kit

Other very suspect components that can contribute to high frequency glare etc, are the transport, the dac, and the digital cable

hth

I decided to swap PCs between my transport and my Voyager. The Voyager had a boutique PC from Tek Line Cables (15 yo, then $500, no longer in business), I also have one on my preamp/dac outboard PS. 

The new PC was better top to bottom with more defined bass umph. Looks like I need 3 more PCs; transport, dac/pre and CorePower PLC

My 2 class Ds are EVS 1200; dual mono, IcePower AS1200 modules (no longer made) and a LSA Voyager 350 GaN fet amp from Underwood HiFi, which occasionally come up on the used market. Great deal of you're patient, then send it to Tweak Audio for big improvement over OEM, or Underwood has a cool amp based on IcePower AS2 1200, module. Retro design with cool looking meters: On sale now