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In Reply to: RE: had a bunch of replies ready, but the thread's too big to read now posted by thump on January 06, 2018 at 13:49:08
Agree 100% that modern class D offer the possibility of high sound quality & power in a substantially less costly format. And the clarity of good ones is remarkable. Btw, for your case, I have often found my most expensive audio purchases are those which were too cheap or compromised. Because I really, in my heart, wanted something better and I end up wasting time and money.
For you, save your shekels and get a freaking nCore when you can and be done with it!!!!
I'm running one (yes, NAD, and it is not at all syrupy, to the contrary) on big Maggies. Percussion is great, and power is fantastic.
I found the NAD M22 to have better upper high frequency response than a B&O ICE amp, and both of those had clearer midranges than a good AB amp.
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well... that would take too long and deprive me of music HERE & NOW. i'm listening to decent enough JBL 6 1/2" outdoor speakers on way too thick sounding vintage technics power, and want to start building a system one upgrade at a time, starting with cheap gear... a breeze audio (like that name better than nobsound, weiliang, yeeco, K. GuSS or fosi... particularly as "air" and how much better class D delivers it is a top priority), a little dot MkII (to test if tubes are friends or the sludgy foes i've always avoided like the plague), a sabaj DA3 DAC & the miniphilharmonitors i lust after... to keep incrementally improving my system as well as gauging exactly what direction to go for the "final system".if i wait until i can afford N cores (IF mini phils aren't starving for lushness) i'll be listening to a "barely entry level" system a long time.
i still worry that class D might not mate well with ruthlessly RAAL ribbons. my NHT superzero soft domes were starved for detail even AFTER driving them with my panasonic SA-XR, but the excellent (i'd argue B&W quality) aluminum dome tweeter proved to sound a bit dry & clinical on the same amp and acquired an even more liquid sound than NHT/panasonic driven by an entry level cambridge stack.
i want to familiarize myself with mini phils (and likely hyperdetailed gustard X22) which i'm HOPING will be life mates before committing to ANY amp tech. RAALs, ESS9038, & class D might be "too much clinical" even with a tube preamp. i love speed & detail, but not when it turns into a dry & mechanical sound so that water drums 1 doesn't sound real any more as it did on my NHTs.
besides... as an avid hifi bargain hunter, i want to be able to report on the "cheap gear" which might potentially be satisfying enough with RAAL ribbons and the first "real" DAC i've ever owned.
if only my NHTs had dayton (formerly MB quart) tianium dome tweeters... i think i wouldn't have felt the need to upgrade. heck... i could even have lived with my energy RC10s on any track BUT water drums one if it wasn't for their flimsy cereal box cabinets driving me nuts once the distortion holes were plugged. i despise resonance more than anything.
i'm STILL struggling to find work in one of the worst economies in the country. even little upgrades are a down the road proposition.
Edits: 01/17/18
To reap all the benefits of 'd', you will end up with a more complex and expensive SMPS. This has a few upsides, one of which is the light weight packaging is preserved.
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