I also believe class D, when done well, is simply outstanding.I am going to try the new Chapter Audio Couplet(very nice looking too) soon with my JMLabs Alto Be.
Which better in Class D PS Audio or Bel Canto????
Has anybody like me become slightly obsessed with some of the recent (3-5 years) first with companies like TACT and newer DEQX (made those NHT Xd sus/sats blow everyone away and get best of show everywhere two years ago?).Part of that system was the speaker processing (converting all signals into digital not just digital ffedsa dn optomising performance of everything in speaker x-over,comes,boxes,etc all digitally).Of course this was mated to a digital amp so all you need is a pre or sosurces with gain.
This all got me interested indigital amps them selves.Though a few have foillowed B&O's original ICE module some finally sound good (first efforts sucked so I hear).That would include most visiible PS Audio and Bel Canto.I would also include a traditional analogue amp the Nuforce which uses same high speed switching which as I unmdertsand it was one of the elements improved upon to make dgital "work",sound good and get great reviews from Stereophile,Absolute Sound,6moons.com etc.So based on advanced tech and price of watts plus low power consumption etc I include Nuforce in the mix.
But has anybody heard head to head or has a good enough auddio memory to say which of these are best?I keep reading "clean","Low distortion","cool running with low power consumption" (or reverse of say a great sounding amp like Parasounds 400 watt Class A John Curl JC1 amp.You might pay for it twice over in three or fours years of keeping (as per manufacturer reccomendation).So has anybody figured between models out there like Bel Canto and PS with their Stereophile Class A ratings?
A I am about to use a Bryston for Maggie 3.6's and one thing Maggies do verry well is SUCK CURRENT!!!!So thinking even though I haven't installed Bryston maybe I should have gotten a digital amp for these power hungry panels.On other hand being in sticks and not hearing any of them, mentioned I fear that "neutral" might equal "souless".Just as not all solid state high curent amps sound good with Maggies (had a spare Krell 300 watt Class A but everyonme and his brother said "don't do it" and "Will be lousy match even if it has gobs of curent".Bryston on other hand got nods of apporoval from everybody and his or her brother as being a great match with maggies if one couldnm't afford HQ,hi-current tubes.So again any head to head comparissons anybody has made between these two manufacturers (and nuforce thrown in as a "bride" to full digital plus it's bang for buck rep).Ladies?Gentleman?
Thanks
Chazz
This all got me interested indigital amps them selves.Though a few have foillowed B&O's original ICE module some finally sound good (first efforts sucked so I hear).That would include most visiible PS Audio and Bel Canto.I would also include a traditional analogue amp the Nuforce which uses same high speed switching which as I unmdertsand it was one of the elements improved upon to make dgital "work",sound good and get great reviews from Stereophile,Absolute Sound,6moons.com etc.So based on advanced tech and price of watts plus low power consumption etc I include Nuforce in the mix.
But has anybody heard head to head or has a good enough auddio memory to say which of these are best?I keep reading "clean","Low distortion","cool running with low power consumption" (or reverse of say a great sounding amp like Parasounds 400 watt Class A John Curl JC1 amp.You might pay for it twice over in three or fours years of keeping (as per manufacturer reccomendation).So has anybody figured between models out there like Bel Canto and PS with their Stereophile Class A ratings?
A I am about to use a Bryston for Maggie 3.6's and one thing Maggies do verry well is SUCK CURRENT!!!!So thinking even though I haven't installed Bryston maybe I should have gotten a digital amp for these power hungry panels.On other hand being in sticks and not hearing any of them, mentioned I fear that "neutral" might equal "souless".Just as not all solid state high curent amps sound good with Maggies (had a spare Krell 300 watt Class A but everyonme and his brother said "don't do it" and "Will be lousy match even if it has gobs of curent".Bryston on other hand got nods of apporoval from everybody and his or her brother as being a great match with maggies if one couldnm't afford HQ,hi-current tubes.So again any head to head comparissons anybody has made between these two manufacturers (and nuforce thrown in as a "bride" to full digital plus it's bang for buck rep).Ladies?Gentleman?
Thanks
Chazz