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Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing

Today I picked up my Atma-Sphere Class D Amps. These aren’t broken in yet. And they are simply amazing. I’ve listen to a lot of High End Class D. Some that cost many times what Atma-Sphere Class D costs. I wasn’t a fan of any of them. But these amps are amazing. I really expected to hate them. So my expectations were low. The Details are of what I’ve never heard from any other amps. They are extremely neutral. To say the realism is is extremely good is a gross understatement. They are so transparent it’s scary. These amps just grab you and suck you into the music. After I live with them some and get them broken in. And do some comparisons to some other high end Amps Solid State, Tubes and Class D’s, also in other systems I’ll do a more comprehensive review. But for now, these are simply amazing amps.. Congrats to Ralph and his team. You guys nailed on these.

 

 

pstores
srama
66 posts
 

I meant every word. It’s easy when it’s the truth :)

They should be arriving this Friday, so I will hook it up to the Auralic and Bel canto front end. I am now strongly leaning towards the Bryston BR-20, so that will be my eventual pairing with the A-S monos.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted listening impressions, but I will do my best! As I get older, I focus less on deconstructing the sound and focus more on tonality,  emotional content and realism.

 

 

 

aw-agd
20 posts
 

@atmasphere

I am happy you believe that "The only parameter that can make a GaNFET more suitable for audio is a low output capacitance. Other than that, there's no way to optimize a GANFET for audio."

Thank you!

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slaw
26,734 posts
 

Does the quote above suggest Alberto (AGD) is misleading in his saying his GANFET is made for audio?

badgerdms
158 posts
 

"Does the quote above suggest Alberto (AGD) is misleading in his saying his GANFET is made for audio?"

No.  His GANFET was designed with audio as the use case.

dseltz
229 posts
 

Right, like my bedroom light switches were designed for my bedroom light. Much different than my dining room light switch.

A transistor is simply a switch. It can also amplify a signal. It can be used in the design of an amplifier, but nothing can make it designed specifically for audio. It is simply the switching and amplification properties can be adjusted to fit the circuit that is being designed. All amp that use GANFET (Gallium Nitride field-effect transistors) use a GANFET designed for audio. The audio equipment it is in.

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