D-Sonic vs Wyred vs ....


About to pull the plug on new amps to replace my Parasound HCA-1500's

Anyone have any opinion on how these companies compare & for that matter anything else you would suggest? I have about $3K to play with for a pair of mono amps or a stereo amp. They will power old Infinity Kappa 8.1's which are presently bi-amped with a pair of the parasound HCA-1500's.

This is what I am considering

Wyred for sound SX-1000 pair at $2,400 for the pair and
Wyred for sound ST-1000 at $2,000
Wyred for sound ST-1000 mk II - not sure price, I see its new

D-sonic has their m3-1500 at $2,800 a pair and has 1500w at 8ohm

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thanks for the heads up on your stuff.... I am just worried that wouldn't be enough power for my speakers. I hope to snag some better sounding speakers some day, kappa 9.1, ren 90's or one of their larger speaker systems and am worried 500w at 4 ohms will not cut it

Has anyone purchased from d-sonic? I have sent them a email from their website and no response for over a week now. Between that and their website being kinda funky.... its making it harder for me to send money their way. Are there any other manufacturers which are of similar cost and quality that I am missing?
I usually prefer to call manufacturers by phone instead of sending emails.... Try calling Dennis at 800-862-7998.

You might have better luck than by email. G.
For the last four months I've had a D-Sonic M3-3800 5 channel amplifier in my rack. The front L/R channels are 1000 watts each at 8 ohms and the other three channels are 600 watts each. The sound is impeccable with all sources.

This amp replaced a W4S 7 channel amp that was rated at 250 watts per channel at 8 ohms. It also sounded impeccable with all sources.

I didn't use two of the channels on the W4S amp and figured it would be nice to have more power running through the channels that are active.

Didn't have the opportunity to A-B the two amps but I think it would be a struggle to describe any material difference were they volume matched for a comparison. Both are excellent... my recommendation is to let your power and budget requirements guide your decision.
Guido, you are right about using the phone, at least as far as D-Sonic goes. When I was still researching replacements for my blown atma-spheres in the class D world, he always answered the phone himself and seems pretty cocky about his products. I think his relationship with Revel provides him with very broad range of speaker quality samples to use in his designs, but I think he doesn't know himself just how good his little amps can sound in a full-blown music-centered STEREO system set up with full attention to cables, platforms, footers and the rest of the tweaks commonplace among audiophiles.

His entry into 2-channel audio follows almost a cult following in the world of HT system owners who were dreaming about high-powered but clean-sounding amps to power ever more sophisticated speakers. His early ice amps were good enough to gain him a reputation within that community as evidenced by the 40+ pages of debate on his "official" page on AVSforum,com, starting in 2007, and only occasional references here at audiogon and the other sundry audio blogs. That balance changed with the publication in 6moons of Glen Wagenknecht's glowing review of his monster 1500w(8ohm) amp's ability to deliver the sonic goods in his very serious 2-channel system. Further evidence to support my claim that Mr. Deacon doesn't really get what a good thing he has wrought can be seen early in the review when he is interviewed by the author. Mr. Deacon came off as a bit miffed that his chosen powercords could be bettered by the reviewer, possibly leading to a better review, Mr. Deacon is adamant that these are not throwaways and believes that the purchaser will not require an upgrade. To quote, "these are high-quality hospital grade product sourced from Interpower and not inexpensive." Fortunately, the reviewer persevered and set them up as an audiophile would, otherwise, the review he wrote may not have been sufficient to bait the hook I bit when I ordered my M2-600 pair shortly thereafter.

One bit of personal learning experience I had with these amps was to discover just how good they can be made to sound when given care in placement and cabling. Despite weighing only about 10 lbs, they truly came to life for me when experimenting with crude isolation platforms thrown together using small oak shelves and leftover footers and cork/rubber blocks. This discovery spurred a project where I ended up putting similar 3-level platforms under every single component and power supply. These amps made it obvious that platforms and footers, used properly, result in superior sound to the listener.

My advice to the original poster is to go ahead and call r. deacon; he will probably answer the phone right away, but don't be too surprised if he doesn't talk the usual audiophile talk. His products walk the audiophile walk.

Better buy the amps now then while they are still relative unknowns and before the maker himself even realizes the full potential and raises the prices accordingly. :-)

On a serious note, even older Icepower modules deliver topnotch results when implemented well. Rowland and Bel Canto have demonstrated that to-date. Wyred also though perhaps to a lesser degree.

Consider also that Class D technology has not peaked or plateaued yet in terms of its potential. The precision and accuracy of the technology continues to increase. Abletec and or Pascal might be two the the better recent examples that have not gained large home audio market penetration yet. But the trend will continue and the results possible at any particular price point should only continue to improve, so like with computers, the longer one waits before making the investment, possibly the better, but there are very viable and top notch performers on teh current grand scale of things readily available now if desired. Plus Class D amp technology still has the most untapped potential of any amp technology out there at present IMHO.