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Looking for a good performing class D amplifier that looks like a tube amplifier

Pygmy

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Aight so let's get this over with - I love the way tube amplifiers look. They look like portabl Back to The Future, with glowing stuff and glass and weird parts and shit.
That said, I like efficiency and I like amplification being amplification and not amplifistortion.

So, I'd like to buy something that performs as a modern Class D amplifier (at least equal or better than a TPA3255) but looks a bit better than a black box with knobs.
 

GXAlan

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Depends how much power you need? If you really like the way tubes look, just get tubes and efficient speakers and listen close to your speakers =P

ST-70 Series 3
50 milliwatt
SNR 81.2 dB
THD 0.008% (-81.9 dB)
SINAD 78.5 dB

AHB2
50 milliwatt
SNR 92 dB
THD 0.024% (-72.4 dB)
SINAD 72.3 dB

Revel PerformaBe F328Be @ 50 mW
80.3 dB at 5 ft
70.8 dB at 15 ft
 

drewdawg999

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Not cheap at all but AGD does this in their Vivace Monoblocks. They put modules inside glass tube enclosures, real sexy but way out of my tax bracket.
 
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