Yeah, er, not to sound cynical but I believe digital amps can be designed to sound any way the designer intends. In other words, they can tailor the response curve to an ideal they think will please most listeners.
I've been using a Wyred 4 Sound STI-500 amp for more than a year and like it better than my previous NuForce 9SE V2 amps and better than my friend's Spectron Musician amp (and better than a lot of analog SS and tube amps too).
That said, a few months back I bought a very inexpensive Tri-path Class-D amp built into a Marantz amp chassis by an Audiogon member and it is one of the smoothest most detailed and liquid amps I've had the pleasure of using. In fact, it replaced my favorite QuickSilver GLA amp in my Magnepan system. And the little GLA is one of my favorite EL-34 tube amps.
I could be wrong, but assuming quality parts are used (and I know there are many choices of parts and topologies) it's the final voicing of the amp that makes or breaks it. If it has synergy with the rest of your system then great... but unfortunately this can NEVER be taken for granted until a given amp is evaluated in one's particular system. There are just too many variables in the mix.
So please remember that unless you auditioned the Genesis amp in your own system all bets are off. If you heard it in an unfamiliar system then you were effectively auditioning a complete system (room acoustics and all) not any single component therein.
I've been using a Wyred 4 Sound STI-500 amp for more than a year and like it better than my previous NuForce 9SE V2 amps and better than my friend's Spectron Musician amp (and better than a lot of analog SS and tube amps too).
That said, a few months back I bought a very inexpensive Tri-path Class-D amp built into a Marantz amp chassis by an Audiogon member and it is one of the smoothest most detailed and liquid amps I've had the pleasure of using. In fact, it replaced my favorite QuickSilver GLA amp in my Magnepan system. And the little GLA is one of my favorite EL-34 tube amps.
I could be wrong, but assuming quality parts are used (and I know there are many choices of parts and topologies) it's the final voicing of the amp that makes or breaks it. If it has synergy with the rest of your system then great... but unfortunately this can NEVER be taken for granted until a given amp is evaluated in one's particular system. There are just too many variables in the mix.
So please remember that unless you auditioned the Genesis amp in your own system all bets are off. If you heard it in an unfamiliar system then you were effectively auditioning a complete system (room acoustics and all) not any single component therein.