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D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?

Owner/Designer Dean Deacon of D-Sonic in Houston in recent months dropped using the B&O ICE amps which he now only uses in the surround channels of his multi-channel home theater amps. He now uses a new Class-D amp in all of his Magnum2 mono and two channel amps which he states is the most technically advanced Class-D amp on the market, called the SOA Class-D core amps. The recent review in 6Moons of his new M2-1500M amp concludes its the closest that Class-D has ever come to tube amps in the upper mid-range and high frequencies.
Anyone bought or heard recently the D-Sonic M2-1500M or the M2-600M? What are your opinions?
audiozen
audiozen OP
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Guido..thanks for bringing to my attention in the Merrill Veritas thread the correct spelling of "Pasquale", which is Pascal. As I indicated in the Merrill Veritas thread, the Pascal class-D amps on the Pascal website and the photos on Google images are identical to the amps inside the D-Sonic models. Abletec in New Jersey stated that D-Sonic is using Abletec which may well be in a certain D-Sonic model, but the interior pics of the D-Sonic top models are definitely Pascal judging by the photos.
guidocorona
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That is very interesting Audiozen. Would you mind posting the URL for Pascal? I have not discovered it on my own yet.
guidocorona
4,114 posts
 
Never mind... I am brain-dead... here is the URL for Pascal Audio.... Easy to find once I googled the right words:

http://www.pascal-audio.com/

If indeed D-Sonic uses both Abletech and Pascal, It would be fascinating to discover what are the audible differences between D-Sonic amps based on Abletech, and D-Sonic amps based on Pascal.

G.
markverhoeven
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If you look at the pictures from the 6moons review, it's quite clear that the M2-1500M is using the Pascal board and NOT the Abletec!
guidocorona
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Per the comparison table at

http://www.pascal-audio.com/amplifier-modules.html

the power rating of M2-1500M appears to be outwardly consistent with the Pascal X-PRO3 module.
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