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

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Based on that chip’s datasheet, I don’t disagree that the Douk amp should be able to push 60wpc at less than 1% distortion. 

Does it sound good doing it? I’ll take your word for it :)

Edit: I can imagine the Douk doing a decent job of driving entry-level, 2-way ported bookshelf speakers, that sort of thing. But for $2000 as you mentioned, you can get into some pretty serious vintage speakers that would cause the Douk to self-immolate in short order. In fairness, I've never auditioned the Douk.

what-is-your-favorite-class-d-amp?

i certainly haven’t covered the waterfront on this subject ... in particular i have not had the pleasure of trying ralph’s (@atmasphere) recent class d amps

for me i would say the agd audion’s are by a good margin the best sounding ones i have - i also have units from devialet and w4s...

 

 

Happy with my PS Audio M1200 monoblocks driving my B&W 803 D3.

Effortless dynamics.

Pristine clarity.

Stable for transients down to 2 ohms.

I’ve been running various class A amps for years,but I’ve always been interested in class D. A few weeks ago while searching the Agon classifieds, I came across an original pair of Red Dragon Audio m500’s at what I felt was a really good price. I realize that these are old technology. I’m still impressed. I can only imagine how good new technology sounds. Will I ditch class A? No. However,I can definitely see tasting newer class D in the future.