Class D is just Dandy!

Owned 4 pcs mono Spectron Musician III MKII for the past 8 years driving large planars.
Never powered down and the music out of the planars is puresex.

I took the Class D plunge just a month ago for my home-office system as alternative to the Triode TRV-A300SE Integrated. I purchased the "Waring" Integrated from FLEAWATT (25 wpc into 4), the owner, Derek makes them himself. This little guy (the amp) uses a TPA3116D2 chip and it's built w/ Dueland cotton/copper wire. My Dell computer (JRIVER server) is connected via USB to a Chord Electronics QX (British version) DAC, then downstream of the integrated, Antero bookshelf speakers w/ a 92 dB sensitivity. Does the music lack, euphonics? I'm not hearing  it .... and the sound is impressively detailed and transparent, quite musical while bass extension is excellent and tight. I like it so much, I've got him making me another model~!

Hifidream :

Interesting, very similar to the Yamaha EEEngine I wrote about a little while ago, and therefore similar to the Carver amps too.

Best,

E

I wish we weren’t ragging on Pass.... but yeah, my own experience (but in 2 different systems) was that ICEPower ASP was their equal.

Which also, by extension and if I have any integrity, means the Parasound Halo amps I've heard are also very very close.

Best,

E

@ whitestix

https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/1415192

Cheers George