@atmasphere Thank you. I've heard a large range of very very different tube amps, so your comment is really re-setting my expectations about how variable Class D can sound.
Comments please on: NAD M23 vs c298 vs. other newer Class D
I'm interested in comments about the new-ish NAD M23 amp. It gets rave reviews on the Absolute Sound channel, by Doug Schneider and by the review at Sound Stage, and by others. Reviews describe not only an even response across frequencies, but layering of the soundstage (left-right and front-back) as well as excellent measurements. Some describe the sound as somewhat tube like in the mids and upper range, others as neutral, but all agree it does not have the harshness which typically characterized reports about earlier amps with this design.
I am not giving up my Pass XA 25, nor my QS Mono 60 tube amps. Or my ST-35 Dynaco. What I'm interested in is a another amp in the stable that can play nicely among different speakers (not all are as sensitive as my main 97db ones), and that might bring that snappy dynamic speed to the sound but without making me cringe from the highs.
If you have some opinion of this Eigentakt design, especially in comparisons to Atma-sphere's Class D or other amps with similar technologies inside, please comment. (PS Audio, Bel Canto, et al.)
If you have some opinion of the NAD M23 vs. the cheaper-but-still-Eigentakt NAD c298, I'm interested in that, too.
I'm NOT interested in super pricey amps. Say, above $8k
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🙂 You have an open invitation to come hear it any time you like should you wish to visit northern WI. I’m still working out some challenging room issues - and there’s a very interesting development (not yet a solution but promising) toward that end. Let me just say that there are some extraordinary people in this industry. That’ll be a separate thread some day. |
@mgrif104 i will keep that in mind! (I’m not sure where your cabin it, but we just found out that friends in Chicago whom we don’t see very often just completed what sounds like a very beautiful (appropriate; not McMansion) lake house on Lake Superior (up near Superior, WI, if I understood correctly) on a piece of land that’s been in their family for a generation or 2; so, who knows, I may be up that way next summer….) Looking forward to the thread on the room issue developments ! |
Will do, @mgrif104 . |
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