@tvad “Nevertheless, I believe AGD Productions GAN amps (and I suspect Atma-Sphere GAN amps as well), are worthy of recommendation and audition.” I agree that they are worthy of audition. I quite liked the AGD amps when I heard them at CAS this year. Sorry to say not quite so much for the Orchard. I liked the Atma-sphere the best out of the three I’m just not ready to recommend as a substitution for a tube amp though. Hopefully they will continue to improve.
@audio_is_subjective64 by “other synergy issues” are you referring to other components in my system? If so, what I can say is the only thing that changes during my evaluation of my Class D amp is the amp itself. Everything else including cables, Cardas Clear btw, remain the same. Therefore what I perceive as a lack of soul, I can only attribute to the change from tube to Class D amps.