Here is an interesting take on Class D amps: I picked up a pair like new Anthem M1 Monoblocks from a very wealthy guy who decided that he just had to have a pair of Levinson 53’s at some god awful price point. I got a really nice deal on the pair in mint condition and with later serial numbers, consecutive of course. I put them into service against my Parasound A51 Halo which is 400 watts per channel at 4 ohms vs. the 2000 watts per channel of the M1’s (when fed with dedicated 240V mains). It was love at first sound; these things blew away the A51 in all respects, it was no contest. I have not used the A51 in two years now, its occasionally used as the power amp for a center channel when I run the TV.
I spoke not too long ago with the guy who sold me the amps and asked how he’s enjoying the $35K amps he bought and he told me he made a major mistake selling me the M1’s, they are actually better than the Levenson’s! That really surprised me, but then again, it doesn’t as I have not heard anything as beautiful as the M1 monoblocks..... Class D of course
I spoke not too long ago with the guy who sold me the amps and asked how he’s enjoying the $35K amps he bought and he told me he made a major mistake selling me the M1’s, they are actually better than the Levenson’s! That really surprised me, but then again, it doesn’t as I have not heard anything as beautiful as the M1 monoblocks..... Class D of course