I believe MBLs electronics are Class D. Huge power and ability to drive anything at 4 ohms. They should be mentioned here.
I personally have 5 Class Ds at the moment. Three of the five have tube input stages. Rogue Hydra, Canor AI 2.10 and AVM A5.2. I have a Marantz CR510 and an NAD M33.
All five sound incredibly good for the price and are all very musical. Not fatiguing in the slightest. The tube input stage on the Rogue, Canor and AVM softens the digital sound and it is very musical. I have had them all driving Vivids and they sound fabulous. Stock tubes stink in the Rogue and Canor and do need to be changed.
the M33 needs room correction on. With room correction, sounds like a completely different amp. But so does Onkyo. Without it can be cold and fatiguing.
I have a customer with the C298 (same amp as in M33) and he has it paired with a VAC preamp and loves it.
The one that is most shocking is the $500 Marantz network receiver. It sounds good. Very natural. No different than one of the class AB integrated language they sell yet is class D. No tubes yet great sound. Mar
I personally have 5 Class Ds at the moment. Three of the five have tube input stages. Rogue Hydra, Canor AI 2.10 and AVM A5.2. I have a Marantz CR510 and an NAD M33.
All five sound incredibly good for the price and are all very musical. Not fatiguing in the slightest. The tube input stage on the Rogue, Canor and AVM softens the digital sound and it is very musical. I have had them all driving Vivids and they sound fabulous. Stock tubes stink in the Rogue and Canor and do need to be changed.
the M33 needs room correction on. With room correction, sounds like a completely different amp. But so does Onkyo. Without it can be cold and fatiguing.
I have a customer with the C298 (same amp as in M33) and he has it paired with a VAC preamp and loves it.
The one that is most shocking is the $500 Marantz network receiver. It sounds good. Very natural. No different than one of the class AB integrated language they sell yet is class D. No tubes yet great sound. Mar

