class d - anyone compared bel canto/CI/wyred4sound

Icarem, Kiwi and I are suggesting the Mk.2 version of the BC Ref 1000. The mk.1 version does not have the current rectification front end that is probably responsible for at least some of the musical subtlety of the MK.2. If the Mk.2 exceeded your budget, I believe upgrades to Mk.2 may be later requested from the factory for original models.

I have heard the Lamm ML2.1 in someone else's system. We listened for an hour and a half switching between my Playback Designs CD/SACD player and another highly rated CD/SACD player. At least I had a familiar source and I did come right home and plug the PD into my own Rowland system that night. Since it was a same-day kind of evaluation with a common source, I think my comparison has some validity.

I'll say this, anyone that would prefer the Lamm would not like the Continuum 500. They aren't even from the same planet, IMHO. The Lamm had a character that I'd call soft and artificially warm. The Continuum 500 is open, transparent, dynamic and honest, with no added euphonics.

Some people like more syrup on their pancakes. That's fine with me, just don't make me eat it.

As for the Bel Cantos, I heard them in another system and thought that they were very high potential. I haven't heard them in my own system or a system near enough to mine to say anything more than they're worth a serious listen.

I don't understand why Lamm was even brought into this thread. I can't believe that anyone preferring the Lamms would like either the Bel Cantos, Rowland or Spectron. Lamm is also at a much different price point.

Dave

Dave, you said you heard a Lamm ML2.1 amplifier. The only other reference
to Lamm in this thread was a Lamm LL2 preamp.

Why are you making a judgement about Lamm based on one session listening
to a single ended triode amplifier, particularly when it was a preamplifier that
was mentioned in this thread? You seem more reasoned than this.

To the OP's question, I have owned or auditioned Bel Canto Ref1000 and
Channel Islands D100 and D200 amps, and I wouldn't own either of them. If
your speakers have a flat impedance curve, NuForce Ref 9 V2SE would be my
choice over the other two...considering the price point.

its interesting how the call amps, class a, classab, class b and class d.

d is poor grade. why would anyone want to listen to a class d amp ?

>>d is poor grade. why would anyone want to listen to a class d amp<<

It's obvious you haven't heard some of the latest products or you simply don't hear well.