Mnyb;666526 Wrote: > Also buy real amps, I hope this class D trend goes away soon( or get > radically better ) very few have real performance. > > Of course a bunch of audiophiles think they " sound good " but it's > often just new kinds of distorsion ,a pleasant sound effect.... I've got a Rotel RMB-1077 multi-channel amp that uses the original B&O ICEpower Class D modules. That thing is no slouch in terms of "real performance". In fact, I sold off a Bryston(!) amp when I got the Rotel. It's possibly the best amp I've ever heard in its power range of 100 wpc.
But back to the topic of this thread, my current favorite tiny amp for modest $ is the Dared MP5 design (also sold as the Fatman iTube and several other names), which is a hybrid design featuring a tube pre-amp stage and a Class AB chip amp power stage. I bought one branded "Sonic Integrity" for well under $200 brand new, and I yanked out a more expensive Parasound zPre v2 and zAmp v3 combo when I got that one. -- TiredLegs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TiredLegs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91027 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
