How do Digital Amps Mfrs. compare in sound?

Guidocorona, size does count here. I will do my best in getting a Bel Canto 1000 here to put up against what I have. I will make sure there are witnesses. Wish you could be here.

I have found through experimenting with just one amp, the H20, that it can sound like anything from bad to terrific. They take on the personality of the preamp, wires, speakers and source.

I solved the preamp problem when I purchased the H2O's stable mate, the Fire preamp. That helped enormously. Preamps are terrible coloring agents. The Fire is as neutral as it gets.

Then, through experimentation, again, I solved the wire problem by making my own naked ribbon SCs.

The speakers are Apogee Scintillas. These speakers can sound like anything too. They respond gratefully with every positive change to my system.

The source is more important than can be imagined. The old adage, "crap in, crap out," is frightfully true. My H2O modified Audio Note DAC is a thrilling addition. Here is what a neighbor wrote me recently. It supports my notion how system support means everything. He brought a CD player that he liked to my place, and found on this revealing system it was grainy, and bright. It didn't fail as bad as another visiting SACD 999 Modright player did.

"What many of the anti-ICE amp people don't understand is the amps (H2O) are like Apogees, very neutral. If it dosen't sound right, too harsh or bright, add tubes. IMO (Apogees) don't have that problem, but CD decks, preamps.. amps, do. Henry's amp OTOH are, from all the reviews I've read, much like many Damps, have such a "black" background, (no noise) they show off everything."

So, whenever I read the same old criticisms, like the publication quote above," Poor treble seems a feature of Class D amplification," I have a laugh every time. For one thing all publications depend on advertising for their existence. Another thing is they do not care to find complimentary components, choosing to use their usual review system. But, more importantly, countless class D systems prove it is a fib,"

Nospam is right in my opinion. ASP modules cannot compete with a very good analog power supply. What is the advantage of introducing a digital power supply into an analog amp? The answer is, to lessen the cost of production by the amp builder.

The HF from my speakers are silky sweet. It never brings attention to itself.

Guidocorona, I was referring to the attached digital power supply, as stated. The module is analog, as stated.

ASP modules all have a built in miniature power supply that draws it's energy straight from the wall. That raises all kinds of distortion and phase anomalies that require back up fixes. Rowland has devised ways of addressing the problem. Good for him.