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Oh how I wish Class D amps ...

I sure wish manufacturers and designers would move forward as quickly as is possible on improving the current status of Class D amps ... I have heard them all, some in my own system, and they have SO mcu promise !!! Unfortunately they just do not have it down yet. They still sound dry, unmusical, and strange in the treble ... kind of chalky and rolled off, and definitely lacking air.
I long for the day I can get rid of my hundred pound Class AB monster amp, for a nice small cool running amp that sounds just as good. I am worried though that designers and manufacturers have accepted the " It sounds good enough" opinion, and that the B&O Ice power may be a long time before it is "fixed"... sigh.
Just my rant ...
timtim

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audiofreakgeek
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I have heard many Class D amplifiers, the latest Nuforce can seriously challenge many, really expensive conventional amplifiers. Nuforce are the only switching amplifiers that I have heard that have a liquidity and presence in the midrange that rival really good conventional amplification.

I have heard the Bel Canto and other Ice amplifiers which sound much more hifi than the Nuforce.

If you haven't heard the latest Nuforce you should listen to a pair you will be convinced that these types of amplifiers have real promise.
audiofreakgeek
115 posts
 
Here's the key to Nuforce, must be left on, and warmed up for a day or two before listening, I never turn mine off, you need good power cords, and good power conditioning, and they must be broken in, in no way is the Nuforce dull.
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