Class D if so inclined
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Kingrex
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I had a Atmasphere class d for a few weeks at my house. At the time I also had a Dartzeel model 1 with SCNP. The Dart was my personal amp. I really could hear no difference swapping between the 2 amps. There was some miniscule something. But I could not put my finger on it. There would have been 0 chance I could tell them apart in a blind test.
When my tube amp was 1st auditioned against my Dartzeel, it was a Holly Wow. Very immediate and undeniable change. We were playing a Latin group via my STST Motus II TT. i distinctly remember a wood block coming alive. It was so clearly a block being hit with a wood stick. Before it was just a thunk. With tubes, knew it was wood. Very assuredly wood on wood. And it was now way down in a back corner, outside my house. The soundstage depth was 10 fold deep and wide in layers.
VTV has a GAN amp. But its digital through. You feed the amp from a server via AES. There is no analog input. The amp converts to analog to power the speaker.
I have heard the GAN at shows that looks like a tube. It was very good.
I don't know I would go all class D. But then again, I have never gravitated to SS of any form in my system or others. Maybe Mike Lavignes. His whole system is very of its own. Not at all like any others I have heard.. I don't know a tube amp would work well in his system.
When my tube amp was 1st auditioned against my Dartzeel, it was a Holly Wow. Very immediate and undeniable change. We were playing a Latin group via my STST Motus II TT. i distinctly remember a wood block coming alive. It was so clearly a block being hit with a wood stick. Before it was just a thunk. With tubes, knew it was wood. Very assuredly wood on wood. And it was now way down in a back corner, outside my house. The soundstage depth was 10 fold deep and wide in layers.
VTV has a GAN amp. But its digital through. You feed the amp from a server via AES. There is no analog input. The amp converts to analog to power the speaker.
I have heard the GAN at shows that looks like a tube. It was very good.
I don't know I would go all class D. But then again, I have never gravitated to SS of any form in my system or others. Maybe Mike Lavignes. His whole system is very of its own. Not at all like any others I have heard.. I don't know a tube amp would work well in his system.
Kingrex
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I had a Atmasphere class d for a few weeks at my house. At the time I also had a Dartzeel model 1 with SCNP. The Dart was my personal amp. I really could hear no difference swapping between the 2 amps. There was some miniscule something. But I could not put my finger on it. There would have been 0 chance I could tell them apart in a blind test.
When my tube amp was 1st auditioned against my Dartzeel, it was a Holly Wow. Very immediate and undeniable change. We were playing a Latin group via my STST Motus II TT. i distinctly remember a wood block coming alive. It was so clearly a block being hit with a wood stick. Before it was just a thunk. With tubes, knew it was wood. Very assuredly wood on wood. And it was noe way down in a back corner, outside my house. The soundstage depth was 10 fold deep and wide in layers.
VTV has a GAN amp. But its digital through. You feed the amp from a server via AES. There is no analog input. The amp converts to analog to power the speaker.
I have heard the GAN at shows that looks like a tube. It was very good.
I don't know I would go all class D. But then again, I have never gravitated to SS of any form in my system or others. Maybe Mike Lavignes. His whole system is very of its own. Not at all like any others I have heard.
When my tube amp was 1st auditioned against my Dartzeel, it was a Holly Wow. Very immediate and undeniable change. We were playing a Latin group via my STST Motus II TT. i distinctly remember a wood block coming alive. It was so clearly a block being hit with a wood stick. Before it was just a thunk. With tubes, knew it was wood. Very assuredly wood on wood. And it was noe way down in a back corner, outside my house. The soundstage depth was 10 fold deep and wide in layers.
VTV has a GAN amp. But its digital through. You feed the amp from a server via AES. There is no analog input. The amp converts to analog to power the speaker.
I have heard the GAN at shows that looks like a tube. It was very good.
I don't know I would go all class D. But then again, I have never gravitated to SS of any form in my system or others. Maybe Mike Lavignes. His whole system is very of its own. Not at all like any others I have heard.