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Amps I Like

Hi Everyone,
At the suggestion of an A'goner who suggested I list out things I like, as opposed to things I don't, I'm going to do that here.

Some caveats apply: This is my personal taste. The buyer should use their own tastes to determine what is good or not.

Also, I've not listened to gear long enough, or as much as I'd like. This list is not only short, but I'm going to put ++ symbols next to an amp to note how much time I've actually had to listen to them.

Sadly for me, I am not a professional reviewer, and I feel very guilty asking dealers to let me listen to gear I have no intention of buying. Please take this as one personal list of experiences, not my attempt to rate equipment for all time.

Best,
Erik
erik_squires
erik_squires OP
17,582 posts
 
Has anyone ever heard a class D amp that did not sound thin, digital and without soul?



I answer your question in my original posting. There was nothing that wrong with the Class D amps I listened to. As I've written, they sounded exactly like the Parasound A21. For this and many other reasons, I find this characterization of Class D no longer valid. You have to take each amp and listen.

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atmasphere
12,428 posts
 
^^Yes.
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ml8764ag
515 posts
 
MT... The ps audio stellar amps sound great.... Had been disappointed by my previous class d excursions .. While at first impressive, Indeed they did sound thin and soulless over the long term.

I feel psaudio has done it right...
photon46
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The characterization of Class D amps as thin and soulless is painting the category with way too broad a brush. Even the first PS Audio amp with a class D output stage (HCA-2) could be modified to overcome its original shortcomings in high frequency reproduction and sound wonderful (although it still had a higher noise floor than current class D iterations.)
erik_squires OP
17,582 posts
 
Dammit, @photon46 - You just said Beetlejuice for the third time!
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