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In Reply to: RE: Paging "mwhouston"! IT'S ALIVE!!!! The Class D Audio SDS-254 LIVES!!! posted by Dman on May 15, 2015 at 06:09:49
If this amp is making CD's that typically have a hot top end and making them sound listenable then the amp is changing the sound (typical of class D amps) then it is not neutral. To me that's another class D fail....
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... that you LIKE the top end "sound typical of class D amps"?
If not, you comment makes no sense.
I love the music of Dmitri Shostakovich
Well, since I've never heard what the 'sound typical of class D" is, I wouldn't know. What I do know (as a bass guitarist of 29+ years) is what real instruments sound like. I know what live sound (both acoustic and amplified for better or worse) sounds like, and I know many musicians that play in all styles of music.
So until I am able to hear more Class D amps (not planning on buying more- I'm not a collector or swapper- so if anyone in the Wichita, KS area wants to compare...), I'm simply enjoying my perception of music as it is reproduced here at my home (with my respective gear, which I KNOW is different from just about everyone else's here).
While my jury is still out on a ruling, I am liking what I hear so far.
Cheers,
Dman
Analog Junkie
... and not despite that, in my limited experience they tend to sound less colored most.
I love the music of Dmitri Shostakovich
Good logic. I mean your logic, not the amp's design logic.
Cheers
Bill
Speed in an amplifier (or anything in the rig) trumps all in my book, and I've heard a lot of cartridges/'tables/preamps/amps/speakers that just don't resolve the treble enough; the result (to my ears) is harshness and fuzziness to the detail. That drives me away from CD (and most digital) in the first place. I've also heard various cartridges/'tables/preamps/amps/speakers that do it really well too. The ones that do it well give me the impression of live music rather than hi-fi.
With that being said, the SDS has a top end, that is not unlike the tube stuff (and yes, even good solid state), again to MY ears, that is focused to the point that you can hear cleanly the transient attack and decay of cymbals or percussion. It isn't etched, nor is it subtle. It is reminiscent of real percussion instruments. That to me IS heading in the right direction (neutrality).
Of course, if the source (digital OR analog) itself sucks, there is nothing down stream that can fix it- only add a bandage, as you suggest. That isn't a good thing, and I concur with your opinion of that. Blurry resolution of that top end will sound like crap. Good gear will resolve it.
That is what I'm hearing with this amplifier- good resolution from top to bottom. I would be stupid to say it better than (insert your favorite cost-no-object GOOD amp here). But in the range I'm talking (remember, it was only an outlay of less than $550), it is shaping up to be damn good!!
Cheers,
Dman
Analog Junkie
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