Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other???

Thanks guys!

I should have said I’m in UK.   Looks like that Cherryamp are US only.

Certainly add SPEC to my list to check out.

From the ClassD I’ve heard, I’m already satisfied they’re at least as good as Class A - A/B costing double the price, but obviously interested in further improvement.
So I’ll be looking into this GaN situation.   

Thanks

Thanks again guys!   Some great suggestions.  I’ve got plenty to go at & will be hearing a few over the next few weeks.

I wrote a big long thread cataloging my Class D/T history, but my browser must have refreshed & lost it.    Lesson learned, I’ll cut & paste from a word doc in future.
I’ll rewrite it when I have time.

As much as I’m a big fan of Class D, I’m not oblivious to the shortcomings.

I recently owned a Devialet 250.  When I first got it, I thought it was the best thing I’d ever heard.   After a few months, it started to grate on me.

Having read about this GaN, I’m happy to wait for it to trickle down.

How long is it likely to be before GaN is in mid priced gear?

Technics SU-G30 has been around since spring 2016 according to the Technics website & contains GaN.

https://www.technics.com/uk/products/grand-class-g30/network-audio-amplifier-su-g30.html

So looks like GaN has been around for a few years & at £2799 for the SU-G30 it seems to be already filtering down to the more affordable end.

Has anyone here heard one?

I’m a massive fan of Class D/T etc.. (hence me starting the thread), but I support georgehifi’s comments 100%

I believe without doubt that Class D will eventually equal/surpass the very best Tube & Class A.   Maybe next year, maybe 10 years??  It’s only a matter of time.

..but I’m yet to hear a Class D amp that didn’t display some of the artefacts georegehifi describes.

To my ear, Class D has real clarity & tight clear bass.  It can have a tube/SET like bloom, which I really like.   BUT, it can sound processed & lack soul.

I owned a not inexpensive Devialet 250.   I thought it was amazing at first, but there was always a certain something I couldn’t put my finger on...
Then I heard the Devialet Phantom.   Very “impressive” (how does that little ball produce so much sound??...), but without doubt the most offensive processed sound I’ve ever heard.   I went home to my Pro 250 & I could hear it.   Only slightly compared to the Phantom, but it was there.   It was finished.  I got rid quickly.

So I’m still searching to find a Class D amp that gives me that clean, clear, tubelike presentation, but without the processed treble.   

If it exists yet?

Anyone here heard a Marantz PM-10 ?

I heard one today.   Very impressive!   Clean powerful sound.

It was only when I got home & read up on it that I realised it’s Class D.
Apparently uses Hypex Ncore.
Specs say it’s 200w>8ohm, 400w>4

Very nice!