GaN-based Class D power amps

How can we know how it compares if the "review" has no comparisons?....no mention of what amp he replaced or what other amps he has heard in his system. All we know is that his sound has improved. Maybe a $2000 amp from another company would also improve his sound.

It seems that some audiophiles are very "delicate" people. They don’t want to upset anyone by saying anything negative about some product. I mean, this is all very, very serious, we don’t want to make anyone "feel bad".....do we? Are we really this wimpy?!? If you really care for people then you want them to know all the information they can get so they can make the best purchases. If they bought yesterdays toy and you tell them it is not todays toy.....well that is just the way it is (or at least what you hear, in the here and now). There has never been a product that has remained state of the art......except maybe the Ionovac tweeter. Reviews without comparisons are worthless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The $8000 a pair mono blocks from Nuprime would be a nice comparison......their latest generation of patented Class D with 700K switching and all discrete front end with 1meg input impedance.......for 36% of the price of the Merrill.  He could have borrowed them from a dealer and we would know if these "GaN" amps are really better.....and if they are better, is it worth the money difference?

So correct, I read it real fast and assumed he meant he had the new amps since maybe January of this year. However, this review is still not helpful as the Veritas is nothing more than a stock Ncore module and has been beaten by many new cheaper amps (class D and class A/B....do some research). There are already at least 3 other reviews comparing the Veritas to the Element 116. Nothing new here and still no comparisons against other brands.

How are we going to know anything about these new amps if all we get is reviews of them versus old outdated Merrill amps.

You can borrow or buy with 30 day return many amps.  There is no reason to just buy the latest almost twice as expensive product from the same manufacturer when things are changing so fast.  There are so many possibilities.  Another possible really good class D amp is the latest one form DAC (Cherry amps).  They have a new Megachino 2 that has 150K bandwidth and linear supply, DC coupled with patented technology.....his very latest one just now released.  Basic stereo version is $6100.  You could buy this amp, the $8000 Nuprimes and compare to your Element 116s (that you borrowed or have the ability to return)........now this would be interesting.  Are we just lazy?  Don't you really want to know if there is anything less than $22,000 that might be better?