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In Reply to: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? posted by thetubeguy1954 on September 18, 2020 at 09:21:10:
The class D amps I use are of the ultra cheap sort, the mini chip amps that are as big as two cigarette packs.
The best I have is a modded Trends TA10.1; the others are SMSL.
I use the Trends on the mids/highs because it is vastly superior to the single-meal cost SMSL amps (those are still incredible in regard to price but hardly "audiophile").
It is true that the treble sounds "different" with the Trends compared to, say, a small class A amp, or a class AB; yet it does have qualities that made me sell all my other amps (none of those were ultra high end, but I used to have quite a nice collection of very decent solid state amps).
That specific treble also changes the most when I try on different types of external PSU so the stock wall mart is probably responsible for a great deal of the slightly tizzy treble.
What I like the most about them is the complete absence of hiss, hum, noise; a fact rarely observed on my 105dB horns.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 09:21:10 09/18/20 (119)
- Tubeguy!... - musetap 11:28:46 09/21/20 (1)
- RE: Tubeguy!... - thetubeguy1954 15:35:52 09/21/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - stereo5 10:09:11 09/21/20 (2)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 15:52:00 09/21/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - cawson@onetel.com 11:08:46 09/21/20 (0)
- I've had three class D amps in the house recently - Feanor 05:28:57 09/20/20 (16)
- RE: I've had three class D amps in the house recently - thetubeguy1954 21:53:22 09/20/20 (10)
- There are custom input buffers for Purify and Hypex modules - Feanor 04:48:55 09/21/20 (9)
- RE: There are custom input buffers for Purify and Hypex modules - thetubeguy1954 18:05:42 09/21/20 (1)
- I've rolled a few tube and op amps in my time - Feanor 04:17:32 09/22/20 (0)
- I'm no engineer - airtime 07:07:13 09/21/20 (5)
- RE: I'm no engineer - cawson@onetel.com 11:19:51 09/21/20 (3)
- RE: I'm no engineer - airtime 12:03:40 09/21/20 (2)
- RE: I'm no engineer - cawson@onetel.com 12:26:08 09/21/20 (1)
- RE: I'm no engineer - airtime 14:49:20 09/21/20 (0)
- RE: I'm no engineer - rivervalley817 08:15:48 09/21/20 (0)
- my Nord is like that - bullethead 05:18:53 09/21/20 (0)
- RE: I've had three class D amps in the house recently - fstein 08:49:54 09/20/20 (4)
- Ghent Audio Purifi Case/Cable kit - emailtim 11:45:27 09/20/20 (0)
- RE: I've had three class D amps in the house recently - cawson@onetel.com 09:13:43 09/20/20 (2)
- RE: I've had three class D amps in the house recently - fstein 22:05:47 09/20/20 (0)
- My guess is - E-Stat 14:19:12 09/20/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - KanedaK 09/19/2023:12:26 09/19/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - svisner 17:26:02 09/19/20 (2)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - rivervalley817 19:37:13 09/19/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 19:05:31 09/19/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - Terry 03:01:57 09/19/20 (4)
- Really? - bare 17:23:56 09/19/20 (1)
- RE: Really? - thetubeguy1954 22:10:32 09/20/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 15:41:54 09/19/20 (1)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - Terry 03:52:03 09/20/20 (0)
- Is "none of the above" an option - Blackdog 20:18:29 09/18/20 (10)
- RE: Is "none of the above" an option - thetubeguy1954 15:52:17 09/19/20 (2)
- RE: Is "none of the above" an option - emailtim 19:55:32 09/19/20 (1)
- RE: Is "none of the above" an option - thetubeguy1954 22:45:39 09/20/20 (0)
- Not the same but close - airtime 06:53:51 09/19/20 (1)
- Generally agree. - Opus 33 1/3 10:02:36 09/19/20 (0)
- What is failing on Class D ??? - emailtim 23:49:13 09/18/20 (1)
- RE: What is failing on Class D ??? - Blackdog 05:05:06 09/19/20 (0)
- What is it that is wrong... - Cougar 21:53:40 09/18/20 (2)
- RE: What is it that is wrong... - Blackdog 05:01:44 09/19/20 (1)
- RE: What is it that is wrong... - rivervalley817 21:14:16 09/19/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - SgreenP@MSN.com 20:15:17 09/18/20 (0)
- None ! unless a shill :-). - bare 19:04:49 09/18/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - Mike K 18:56:16 09/18/20 (1)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 19:36:16 09/18/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - fstein 14:16:52 09/18/20 (18)
- wish they weren't so hard to drive (4.4Kohm input) - Chuck 04:30:25 09/20/20 (4)
- Wrong.... VTV Purifi amps have 50K input impedance - Ric Schultz 17:31:32 09/20/20 (2)
- RE: Wrong.... VTV Purifi amps have 50K input impedance - thetubeguy1954 23:10:58 09/20/20 (0)
- Have you built out any Purifi amps yet ? - emailtim 22:23:36 09/20/20 (0)
- RE: wish they weren't so hard to drive (4.4Kohm input) - tketcham 05:17:20 09/20/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 19:28:06 09/18/20 (10)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - fstein 13:48:42 09/19/20 (1)
- My purifi is coming Wednesday! - emailtim 15:42:35 09/24/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - cawson@onetel.com 04:37:07 09/19/20 (7)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 15:57:58 09/19/20 (6)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 18:58:08 09/19/20 (5)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 21:43:05 09/20/20 (4)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 22:18:32 09/20/20 (3)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 00:15:39 09/21/20 (2)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - cawson@onetel.com 11:52:55 09/21/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 00:39:14 09/21/20 (0)
- Which one did you order ? - emailtim 14:22:38 09/18/20 (1)
- +1... N/T - musetap 22:33:46 09/18/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 11:34:35 09/18/20 (27)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 19:37:57 09/18/20 (7)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 20:20:14 09/18/20 (6)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 21:40:43 09/20/20 (5)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 22:17:03 09/20/20 (4)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 00:35:15 09/21/20 (3)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 00:44:51 09/21/20 (2)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 03:51:02 09/22/20 (1)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 11:44:16 09/22/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - cawson@onetel.com 12:11:00 09/18/20 (18)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 23:18:11 09/18/20 (9)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - cawson@onetel.com 04:57:15 09/19/20 (8)
- magnepans do well with class D - DrChaos 19:53:24 09/19/20 (1)
- Al Sekela drove his MG-20s with a pair of Gilmore Raptor monoblocks ... - musetap 22:56:34 09/19/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 10:45:09 09/19/20 (5)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - rivervalley817 11:00:15 09/19/20 (4)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 19:25:22 09/19/20 (2)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - rivervalley817 20:13:04 09/19/20 (1)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 21:58:16 09/19/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - SgreenP@MSN.com 13:44:04 09/19/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 19:41:08 09/18/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 12:47:02 09/18/20 (6)
- I had a similar PS Audio amp - DrChaos 19:59:56 09/19/20 (3)
- RE: I had a similar PS Audio amp - pictureguy 21:56:53 09/19/20 (2)
- that sounds bad - DrChaos 17:53:03 09/21/20 (1)
- RE: that sounds bad - pictureguy 20:23:20 09/21/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - fstein 14:14:55 09/18/20 (1)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - pictureguy 22:23:32 09/18/20 (0)
- Nobody here knows that answer... - musetap 10:30:51 09/18/20 (3)
- RE: Nobody here knows that answer... - thetubeguy1954 19:49:23 09/18/20 (1)
- RE: Nobody here knows that answer... - musetap 22:45:43 09/18/20 (0)
- RE: Nobody here knows that answer... - emailtim 14:34:06 09/18/20 (0)
- Easy.... the 10 most expensive ones according to the audio rags ;-) - AbeCollins 10:28:59 09/18/20 (4)
- RE: Easy.... the 10 most expensive ones according to the audio rags ;-) - thetubeguy1954 20:26:10 09/18/20 (0)
- In any order yet... N/T - musetap 10:32:14 09/18/20 (2)
- Descending order .......................... - Cut-Throat 11:04:54 09/18/20 (1)
- RE: Descending order .......................... - musetap 11:11:22 09/18/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - John Elison 10:21:12 09/18/20 (2)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - cawson@onetel.com 12:56:44 09/22/20 (0)
- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - thetubeguy1954 20:31:00 09/18/20 (0)
- Crown XLS 1502 Drivecore amp - Cougar 10:17:31 09/18/20 (13)
- RE: Crown XLS 1502 Drivecore amp - svisner 17:13:24 09/19/20 (0)
- Any reason you went with a "Flavor #3"? - 1973shovel 16:35:13 09/18/20 (1)
- RE: Any reason you went with a "Flavor #3"? - Cougar 20:05:09 09/18/20 (0)
- Crown??? What does that say to the neighbors? - B. Scarpia 11:35:56 09/18/20 (1)
- RE: Crown??? What does that say to the neighbors? - rivervalley817 11:47:54 09/18/20 (0)
- Class D are very much liking good power cords... - musetap 11:10:12 09/18/20 (2)
- When you get a chance, see if you can.... - Cougar 11:22:23 09/18/20 (1)
- RE: When you get a chance, see if you can.... - musetap 11:38:51 09/18/20 (0)
- RE: Crown XLS 1502 Drivecore amp - rivervalley817 10:43:30 09/18/20 (4)
- These were cables I had already on hand.... - Cougar 11:12:09 09/18/20 (3)
- RE: These were cables I had already on hand.... - rivervalley817 11:22:23 09/18/20 (2)
- RE: These were cables I had already on hand.... - thetubeguy1954 20:37:54 09/18/20 (0)
- True! - Cougar 11:24:44 09/18/20 (0)
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- RE: What Are The 10 Best Sounding Class D Amps? - KanedaK 09/19/2023:12:26 09/19/20 (0)