I have the Rogue Sphinx V3 and really like it. Agree with the previous poster who noted that tube rolling does help to beef up the overall sound but at the price it's an impressive amp.
Competitive class D amp suggestions
I have been Class D fun since a few years ago when i bought my first class D amp. I like the concept, in general, and all the attractive features of this class of amplifiers. I tried 4 different ones, currently i stayed with one of them that i consider to be the best among all four amps. I do enjoy and like it. At the same time, my 5 watts SET amplifier (with more than 100 times higher distortion according to the specs) gives more natural and (surprisingly) notably cleaner sound (THD of the class D amp is 0.001). The soundstage of the class D amp is not so bad but that of the tube one is still better.
I remain attracted by class D amps though.
Any fresh suggestions on reasonably priced class D amps (i mean excluding non-reasonably priced class D amps, e.g., Merrill amplifiers)?
Any comments on non-reasonably priced class D amps are also welcome (so far i was not able to audition many class D amps and am curious if there are some which could really compete with Class A).
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@embolek, how would you characterize, roughly, sonic differences between Ncore, Purifi and GaN amps ? Why you decided to try Peachtree 400 if you already had another GaN module amp? @tweak1 , did you sell the Voyager, why, did you get a better class D amp? |
"how would you characterize, roughly, sonic differences between Ncore, Purifi and GaN amps ? Why you decided to try Peachtree 400 if you already had another GaN module amp? "
My Peachtree Gan sells for $3000 - My Nad amp is purifi at $1,999 - I previously had the cherry desktop version "stereo amp" - In my opinion - the peachtree is the more sophisticated sound of the 3 - More grown up - More high end - The nad is good sounding as well - the cherry amp - id have to place 3rd - and if you didnt know any better - you would think the cherry and nad are fine and dandy. The Nad sounds very good to me The nad tries to be high end - but it is not - its more of "im the nad and i use purifi and i sound good - im here and why would you think there is something better then me But the peachtree doesnt care what you think - its the older brother - with more of sophistication to its sound. again i have said it a thousand times but the peachtree is definitely the "high end" one - its very subtle and very clear and you dont get wowed by it - but its the more long term sound you can live with - without having the need so much to see whats even better still |
@niodari It's all about the implementation. Asking that last question is like asking how different bipolars, jfets and mosfets sound. |
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