Class D is just Dandy!

It's also important to say, differences are not better or worse necessarily. Maybe two amps sound different. Is one better or worse, is it worth caring about? Are you trying to make your ears more sensitive or enjoy music and movies more? :)

We get all confused in our goals (Me too!) so it's important to be clear. Audiophiles too often think the next different thing is "better" when it's not. I think even John Coltrane was guilty of this, and would make endless takes until someone told him "You can't play it any better, just different."

Best,

E

Erik, as many others have said, thanks for starting this thread. I've found it extremely informative and quite entertaining. I'm new to the Class D amplifiers but love them because of their sound and ability to run cool which is perfect for the tight fitting cabinet that I have.

By pure chance thetwo integrated amps I've home auditioned were Class D: the Rogue Sphinx and the Peachtree Nova 125 SE. I was interchanging the two in my system which includes Kef ls50s and an old Onix XVD-88 CD player. The sound from both was phenomenal, but different from each other. Instrument representation seemed very accurate and vocals were gorgeous. Of course my descriptions should be taken with a grain of salt since I'm not an audiophile by any means. Both amps in my room sounded great but each portrayed music with their own distinct signatures that definitely made me curious to try some others. 

Given this does anyone have suggestions for a nice Class D integrated that they like?  Price range would be in the neighborhood of the Rogue and Peachtree ~$1500. 

@autre 

NuPrime IDA-16; I really enjoy mine. It has 200 watts; build quality and functionality is excellent and it sounds great.


http://http//www.nuprimeaudio.com/index.php/products/amplifiers-and-preamps/integrated-amps/ida-16.html

Cheers,

Scott

@autre

Thanks, and thanks for being among the first to spell my name correctly.

Best,

E

Thanks for the NuPrime recommendation. I'll check it out. 

That's funny Erik, I hadn't noticed people were mud-spelling it!  It helps to have two other acquaintances with the same spelling as you. 

I eont take take this wonderful thread too far off track but I had two follow up questions. 1) anyone know of some good "standardly" equipped integrateds (no onboard dac)?  And 2) as was mentioned in an early post, I had encountered RF issues with one of the amps. Curiously it was only through the line inputs, and while connected to the CD unit. This only occurred with one of the amps and not the other even though all the other pieces including wires were kept the same. Any ideas?