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In Reply to: You could be right posted by AbeCollins on February 3, 2025 at 07:50:21:
Your first sentence sums it up - it matter not what Class an amp uses, but the end result.
In my multi-amp home listening phase about 4 years ago (after deciding to move away from tube amps) I bought or borrowed Class A, AB and D amps in the 3-8K GBP price range. One of the Class A sounded great (Accuphase) but another (Sugden) sounded about as dull as any other amp apart from a Quad and (to my surprise and disappointment) the Benchmark that was so raved about by a fellow Avantgarde speaker user.
In the end, the choice was between the Class A Accuphase (a little too "polite"), the Class AB GamuT (great sound, but a bit naughty when powered up or down), or the Class D NAD M33. I chose this last amp (no regrets after 4 years), but have recently also bought Atma-Sphere Class D monos.
It's what they sound like that matters, not how they do their job.
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Follow Ups
- RE: You could be right - cawson@onetel.com 02/4/2503:56:58 02/4/25 (7)
- I can feel your pain - Leo loves music 04:05:07 02/4/25 (6)
- Same here but no pain - AbeCollins 19:52:22 02/4/25 (5)
- RE: Same here but no pain - morricab 01:34:43 02/11/25 (2)
- Yup. I went small, light, cool and cheap.... - AbeCollins 14:43:42 02/13/25 (1)
- that makes 2 of us (Bryston 3B) /nt - Story 15:28:26 02/13/25 (0)
- Just perhaps, past pain in the wallet nt - cawson@onetel.com 03:23:09 02/5/25 (1)
- We've all been there! - nt - AbeCollins 16:03:16 02/5/25 (0)
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