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What is your favorite Class D amp?

Moving to a new home with a smaller dedicated listening room has caused me to rethink my entire system.  I have always been a fan of EL34 tube amps and presently have a Primaluna HP (4 tubes per channel), but the size and heat make this a bit more difficult in my new set up.  So I have been thinking about going with a smaller, less hot class D amp.  But being a tube guy, I have never seriously looked into or listen to these amps.

so what is your favorite class D amp?  New or used, in the 5k range, but could go up to 10k.  Preamp is a Conrad Johnson ET-7.  Speaker will be in the monitor/mini-monitor class (so I don’t need high power for a smallish room) but have not made my final decision on speakers as the amp/speaker synergy makes this kind of a joint decision.

I purposely asked for “favorite” to be a bit more open in your relies.

thanks, Bill

meiatflask
asa
666 posts
 

All Class D amps, and their pseudo, stealthly-designed progeny, should be taken behind the chemical shed and die!! Only then will you be completely free....

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mapman
23,598 posts
 

If you can’t beat them, beat on them. 

daytrader
195 posts
 

RE; Tube amps, "I'll pry it from my cold dead hands"! 💡

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opathy
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I am very happy with Marantz SACD30n and the Marantz Model 30 which is class D

toddcowles
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My opinion is not wide on Class D, but I did have the chance to A/B a TEAC AP 701.  I had it drive a set of Harbeth 40.3XD’s and my TAD ME1-k’s.  Swapped in Pass Labs XA100.5’s, XA160.8’s and a set of Luxman M-10x’s.  I was shocked at how well it performed across those variables.  There certainly was a difference, but for the price point, it performed quite well.  I will say the XA100.5’s begin to peter out on the Harbeth’s, where the TEAC outpaced it at higher volumes.  

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