GaN-based Class D power amps

Lots of class D and class A and class A/B amps are better than the old Merrill Veritas......not a current reference. Listen to the $8000 Nuprime Evolution amps......these might give the latest GaNs a run for the money for a lot less. Then there is the latest (just now being released) version of the DAC Megacherry amp ($6100)......I am sure there are others, as well. We need some GaN amps less than $15,000.........I bet within a year we will see some. By the way, DAC and Nuprime each have their own patents on class D and make there own stuff.....no stock modules from other companies. There is no reason why a GaN amp should be any more than $100 more than a mosfet based amp. So, in a few years, you will see $500 GaN amps......even kits. I think we will see a Nuprime GaN amp within a year (it is in development now).

The most exciting thing about GaNs (assuming they make Class D better) is that you will be seeing more and more integration in audio. Imagine a 2 or 3 channel GaN amp inside a speaker with digital input circuitry, electronic xovers and room eq. No more speaker cables, analog line cables, multiple power cords, racks, etc. You just have source and a couple of Ethernet cables going to your speakers with built in everything.....including GaN amps. We are talking super sound for the masses. The source box would have an A2D converter to convert your phono stage (or other analog source, if any) to digital to run to the speakers......very cool. Cannot wait.