Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other???

I have read through a fair amount of this thread but the back and forth between George and others became pretty tedious. I think the only solution to the "current class D is dandy" and the "current class D is too flawed to compete with A or A/B" war is this: A blind test - perhaps ABX if possible set up for George and or any proponents on the other side of this disagreement. If George can tell the difference between quality class D and class A/B amps in a blind test then his assertion would hold more merit for me. I don't own class D currently, FYI. 

Maybe others who heard it will chime in. I had high hopes as I've been wanting to hear Merrill for awhile now and the speakers seemed intriguing at least. Unfortunately the synergy was not there at all with this system to my ears. I would like to hear the Merrill amps on speakers I'm more familiar. 

That's great that others heard good things in that room. When I walked in they had some string chamber music playing that sounded pretty nice, but a bit on the etched end of the spectrum but nothing offensive. Someone requested Steely Dan - I think they played Babylon Sisters. That track sent me from the room. Steely Dan is some of the best recorded pop out there and this system was very far from neutral reproducing it. Instrumental timbres were off, lacking in realistic body, size and overtones. It reminds me of the old days of hifi where certain systems excel at only certain genres. Silly.

George I deleted it to be nice and to not get involved in the pissing contest anymore, but here we are.  But I still would put forth you have absolutely 0 chance of hearing what you claim is a serious downfall of current class D. 

So, George, notice that I didn't call your posts tedious, just the constant back and forth. So thank you so much for the personal attack. Much appreciated big guy.

I heard the Muraudio room in Florida and it sounded incredibly shrill and thin on anything besides chamber music. On the other hand, one of the most musical rooms I heard at the show was the unassuming MOFI system with Falcon LS3/5's and a Dr. Feickert TT powered by the very fine sounding new Primare I25. 

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Apparently they were driven by Triangle Art class A monos. I'm getting the sense that the harshness we both heard was mostly endemic to the speakers themselves. Now that you said that, I would really like to hear the Merrill amps with a more neutral speaker.