Hello likes2hike,
I think you did the right thing by calling D-Sonic’s owner, Dennis Deacon. As you now know, he’s a good guy who’s also very knowledgeable and experienced with class D amps. He was very helpful when I was considering buying a pair of D-Sonic M3-600-M monoblock amps about 5 years ago. He offered me a free 28 day in-room home trial period, with a no questions asked full refund policy if I didn’t like them for any reason, to audition them in my room with my preamp and Magnepan speakers. I’m sure he’d offer you the same deal if you’d like to do the same.
These are the best amps, regardless of type or price, that I’ve ever used in my system. They’re very powerful with plenty of headroom for realistic dynamics, they have very good bass performance due to their rated damping factor being very high, have a very low noise floor that is dead quiet and are very detailed but smooth in the midrange and treble without ever being bright or harsh.
Initially, I used my former Oppo 105 as a preamp with them in an effort to streamline my system that only used discs, streaming and an attached hard drive with hi-res files as sources. I perceived the overall sound quality presentation of the Oppo and D-Sonic amps combination as being very hi-end and sophisticated. Powerful, dynamic and dramatic with the music emerging from an inky black and dead silent background. The overall presentation was neutral in character, highly accurate and detailed but, at the same time, also very smooth, non-fatiguing and natural that created a wide and deep sound stage illusion that was three dimensional, very realistic and enjoyable.
After 5 years of using my D-Sonic monoblocks, I can honestly state that these are excellent performers that have also been very reliable, I've had them powered on 24/7 for the past 5 years with zero problems and they're still going strong. I highly recommend D-Sonic class D amps and suggest you at least give them a month audition before you decide to buy anything else. On top of their very high performance, these amps are also excellent hi-end bargains. I paid $2,150 5 years ago for my pair of monoblocks and their latest version stereo amps are offered in 3 relatively inexpensive models:
The M3a-800S for $1,475 2x 400 watts/8 ohms
The M3a-1200S for $1,975 2x 800 watts/8 ohms
The M3a-3000S for $2,475 2x 1,500 watts/8 ohms
Here’s an Enjoy the Music review of the M3a-3000S amp:
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0216/D_Sonic_M3_3000S_Dual_Mono_Amplifier_Review.htm
You may want to ask Dennis which would be the best stereo amp match for your speakers.
Best wishes,
Tim
I think you did the right thing by calling D-Sonic’s owner, Dennis Deacon. As you now know, he’s a good guy who’s also very knowledgeable and experienced with class D amps. He was very helpful when I was considering buying a pair of D-Sonic M3-600-M monoblock amps about 5 years ago. He offered me a free 28 day in-room home trial period, with a no questions asked full refund policy if I didn’t like them for any reason, to audition them in my room with my preamp and Magnepan speakers. I’m sure he’d offer you the same deal if you’d like to do the same.
These are the best amps, regardless of type or price, that I’ve ever used in my system. They’re very powerful with plenty of headroom for realistic dynamics, they have very good bass performance due to their rated damping factor being very high, have a very low noise floor that is dead quiet and are very detailed but smooth in the midrange and treble without ever being bright or harsh.
Initially, I used my former Oppo 105 as a preamp with them in an effort to streamline my system that only used discs, streaming and an attached hard drive with hi-res files as sources. I perceived the overall sound quality presentation of the Oppo and D-Sonic amps combination as being very hi-end and sophisticated. Powerful, dynamic and dramatic with the music emerging from an inky black and dead silent background. The overall presentation was neutral in character, highly accurate and detailed but, at the same time, also very smooth, non-fatiguing and natural that created a wide and deep sound stage illusion that was three dimensional, very realistic and enjoyable.
After 5 years of using my D-Sonic monoblocks, I can honestly state that these are excellent performers that have also been very reliable, I've had them powered on 24/7 for the past 5 years with zero problems and they're still going strong. I highly recommend D-Sonic class D amps and suggest you at least give them a month audition before you decide to buy anything else. On top of their very high performance, these amps are also excellent hi-end bargains. I paid $2,150 5 years ago for my pair of monoblocks and their latest version stereo amps are offered in 3 relatively inexpensive models:
The M3a-800S for $1,475 2x 400 watts/8 ohms
The M3a-1200S for $1,975 2x 800 watts/8 ohms
The M3a-3000S for $2,475 2x 1,500 watts/8 ohms
Here’s an Enjoy the Music review of the M3a-3000S amp:
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0216/D_Sonic_M3_3000S_Dual_Mono_Amplifier_Review.htm
You may want to ask Dennis which would be the best stereo amp match for your speakers.
Best wishes,
Tim