Initial impression of the Nuprime ST-10 amp


I have a very fine McCormack DNA .05 Deluxe amp, a Don Sachs 6SN7 preamp, driving my Spatial Audio M4 Turbo S open baffle speakers and today swapped the McCormack amp for the ST10 amp.  Right out of the box, the ST10 is quite an amazing amp.  It is very powerful and yet quite delicate in its rendering of sound. To my ears, it is somewhat tipped-up in the HF compared to the McCormack amp, and at this point seems to give up a bit of the LF rendering of the sound to the McCormack amp, but overall, it has lots of inner detail and a sublime mid-range.  It has not a bit of harshness or dryness that I have heard with earlier Class D amps... it is very musical with the sound flowing effortlessly.   I will post my impressions after it has been run-in for a week. My initial impression is that for $1600, this is a very fine amplifier.  
whitestix
Bad News!  Mytek is introducing a Class D amp and they are making big claims for it...
Whitestix,

No bad news about any unproven claims.
Enjoy what you have and let us know your outcome.Put some hrs on it and it probably will smooth out on the top end.

Happy Listening,

Kenny.
Cool, whitestix. I really enjoy my NuPrime IDA-16. If the ST10 is anything like my IDA-16 it will take a few weeks for it to really start settling-in.

Based on my experience with the IDA-16 I believe you are in for a good time, enjoy.

Cheers,

Scott
Thanks for the encouragement and the reminder to be patient in the break-in process.  I never thought I would abandon tube amps for Class A/B amps, but I did and never looked back.  I was totally unhappy with the Bel Canto class D amp I had a few years ago, but clearly, this ST10 is in a whole different league.  I think Class D amps, and their modern variants, are the wave of the future.  

I will report back my impressions of the sound of this amp after 100 hours.    Cheers, Whitestix