Give the Peachtree Gan400 a shot. You won’t be disappointed.
Competitive class D amp suggestions
I have been Class D fun since a few years ago when i bought my first class D amp. I like the concept, in general, and all the attractive features of this class of amplifiers. I tried 4 different ones, currently i stayed with one of them that i consider to be the best among all four amps. I do enjoy and like it. At the same time, my 5 watts SET amplifier (with more than 100 times higher distortion according to the specs) gives more natural and (surprisingly) notably cleaner sound (THD of the class D amp is 0.001). The soundstage of the class D amp is not so bad but that of the tube one is still better.
I remain attracted by class D amps though.
Any fresh suggestions on reasonably priced class D amps (i mean excluding non-reasonably priced class D amps, e.g., Merrill amplifiers)?
Any comments on non-reasonably priced class D amps are also welcome (so far i was not able to audition many class D amps and am curious if there are some which could really compete with Class A).
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Thanks again for the input. Based on your suggestions, current possible selections are (in the priority order) Peachtree Gan400, March audio P262 (which indeed seems to be well built - just judging by photos), VTV Purifi, and i may check the other suggested options as well. Thanks @twoleftears for your comment. Though my question could not be so stupid; e.g., it is a common point of view that Ice Power amps sound natural and less analytical then many class D amps. But of course, this does not classify them as the best class D amps. @smargo, your explanation was very useful, especially when you compare three amps with different type of modules in a comprehensible may. I also owned Cherry desktop Maraschino (STM). Its main attraction is the size (and power it gives for that size). I think the AGD amps somehow borrowed the desktop concept of STM, at least, in the design. The Megaschino is considerably better (and also it costs about 5 times more i think). |
I have heard the Rogue Sphinx many times at a local dealer. Every pair of speakers has sounded good with it. I have a Peachtree amp 500 Driving a pair of Focal 1028BE speakers. I am very happy with the combination. I understand that the GAN 400 is better, but there are very good deals on the 500. If you can still find one… |
I run AGD Audion mono blocks. They are destination amps for me. For decades, I was a die hard SET guy. Was always turned away from SS because of the SS glare or edge. Not a problem with the AGDs. And the lack of distortion is a game changer. Knowing Ralph, bet his new Atma Class D mono blocks are also excellent. |
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