Who tried Class D only to return to S/S or Tube

I returned briefly and now I`m stumped.

I can hear a very thin additional layer of sound/decay on the BACKSIDE of the front to back image of the tube amp that just..JUST eludes the Class D amp.
I`m talking onion skin layer, barely perceptible if that makes any sense, the width and height of the Class D is really nice no issues there at all.

I THINK I may be able to bridge the gap with a tube phono stage and maybe recover that added/perceived dimension but my ASR Mini Basis MKII sounds so good to me that I`m scared to think what a tube phono stage might cost to better it.

My speakers need some power and I`m not sure I`m willing to spend the money needed for a tube amp that can provide the needed power that the Class D has on tap.

I recall that Stereophile put the PS Audio HCA-2 in the 'Class A' 
category... kind of curious how they would rate it today ??

I had one and although my setup has changed a bit...my acoustic memory would have the Class D Audio 470C showing the HCA-2 the door !
For the money spent this amp reminds me of the NAD 3020 that I used with my DCM Time Windows, both of which I bought new at the time.

This amp could easily hold you over till the 'dust settles' a bit in the class D wars...and for next to nothing (relatively speaking) !!