I read on here often but say little, i have read a lot from George about GaN and the benefits for class D. I own a pair of Nord Acoustic class D top monos with the new REV D boards at approx 2000 gbp they sound absolutely amazing, i have owned numerous multi thousand dollar amplifiers and have many pass threw my hands I have no intention of changing my Nords, my honest advise is before anyone parts with their hard earned cash to give the Nords a Liston you will be bowled over like i and many others have been. If as George keeps mentioning the use of GaN technology can improve the sound then SS and tube amps will become big door stops, i would drop the SS amps now and have a Liston to what Nord class D are capable of they sound incredible. And no i do not sell Nord Acoustics they sell direct plus 1 dealer in Australia i believe.
I listened to the Gryphon Diablo today , what an experience !
I just had an opportunity to audition the Gryphon Diablo 300 at Evolution Home Theater. They have recently become the authorized Gryphon Dealer in Atlanta. First a little background. I normally listen to my Sonus Faber Amati Tradition powered by a Plinius 9200. My music is from Tidal, played through a Cambridge Audio Azur 851N network player or via my network hard drive. I thought that this combination sounded great and was very happy with my system until today when I heard the Gryphon.Although I expected some improvement with Gryphon, I did not expect to be blown away by the amplifier, However after hearing the amplifier for the first time, that is exactly what happened!The Gryphon 300 was set up to use the internal DAC with Tidal via a music server. The speakers were the Sonus Faber Serafina’s. I had previous heard both the Amati’s and the Serafina’s on MAC equipment and thought the Amati’s sounded significantly better on the MAC gear,When I listened today and compared the music with my own system, I heard significant improvement with the Gryphon. The first thing I noticed was the pinpoint control the amplifier exerted on the speakers. This was manifested by an extended frequency range with both improved bass and treble. It seemed as though a veil or haze had been removed from the music with a marked increase in clarity, detail, and analytics. Yet the amplifier showed no coolness or harshness and after listening for several hours to a variety of music (mostly jazz, classical, and rock) there was no evidence of fatigue. The soundstage was large, three dimensional and detailed. It was an improvement over my Plinius in every way.It also changed the way that I look at my music system. I used to think that it was all in the speakers and with great speakers all that was needed was a good amplifier. I learned today that a great amplifier with very good speakers, can sound better than a good amplifier with excellent speakers.I can hardly wait until I can make the time to be able to demo the Gryphon in my own music room with my Amati speakers.
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