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In Reply to: RE: "giant killing" class D amps? posted by Dale Clark on December 30, 2017 at 06:44:57
i HAVE a cheap receiver... a technics, and i hate it! it sounds as thick and lifeless as NAD/sony on my JBL northridges. my planet audio class D car amp sounds much clearer.
i think too, you might be exaggerating just "how bad" cheap class D amps sound, and maybe have an anti-class D bias the same way i despise ports and would like to take an axe to every "distortion box" in existence.
my $15 sonic impact ran circles around my NAD before taking a dump on it, and a lot of audiophiles, including owners of $1,200 ascend acoustics sierra 2s & KEF LS50s, are happy with their little amps.
i'm just trying to undo the same unforgivable thickening my NAD used to cause that i'm getting from my technics now and so far, i've loved all 3 class Ds i've owned
Sounds like you already know what you want. Take $600 and buy a few thru Amazon and return the ones that don't pass the test
Dale Clark
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who has $600 to throw around? i'm just scraping by in one of the WORST economies in the country here.
besides... i LOVE class D and take great pleasure in seeking the absolute biggest bang for the buck. it's POSSIBLE that i might be totally satisfied with just a miniphil, sabaj Da3 DAC & breeze audio TPA 3116 system, and if it leans towards clinical... warming it up with a little dot MkII tube preamp. (as pictured as my "phase 1 system)
had only my NHT superzeros had a REAL tweeter like dayton's (formerly MB quart's) $16 titanium which is both super fast AND super smooth, even on my panasonic SA-XR, i would have had an awesome system. sadly zeros can't get it up for cowbells, and the energy RC10s i bought that could had lousy flimsy cabinets that forced a trade between 2 evils... port resonance & cabinet resonance and i DESPISE ALL resonance
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