Class D

[beek]

I have a pair of Bel Canto M300's and a few other classes of amps.
How do you guys feel or experienced this combo with the Vistas?

 

[adhesiv]

I'm interested in the Bel Canto discussion too as I'd like to go back to a class D setup. I'm looking to setup the M300's on the Spire.

 

[Gordon Gray]

You guys might want to do a search on this forum. Been a ton of threads, posts dealing with amplifiers.

As previously stated by Tom, this is the most often asked question.

Good luck.

GG

 

[beek]

Great, I am using mine with the Mag 1.6's and bi-amping. Hope some other D users will chime in.

 

[MickeyVee]

I'm running a Rotel 1560 AVR (Class D, 7x100 in 8 ohms and doubles into 4) into a set of Vista's. I have to say I'm very pleased. Good body, weight, imaging and much better than my previous Rotel Class AB.
I was a little skeptical when I first got the AVR and did add a Parasound Halo 125wpc and then a Rotel 250wpc amplifier to drive the Vistas. Went back to the native AVR amps and really could not tell the difference. I ended up selling the external amps and just use the AVR.
I would use the same rule of thumb as any other type of amp for Logans.. as long as it doubles in power into 4 ohms, you should be fine from a power perspective.

 

[tsv_1]

Hey Beek, Welcome to Crazy Town

Last year I was driving a pair of Summit X with a pair of BC Ref1000m monos - in a word: "glorious". Perhaps not as warm and welcoming as tubes, but tons of headroom, never any hint of compression (even at "robust" listening levels), and virtually fatigue-free. Really quite musical and very enjoyable all in all.

 

[beek]

Thanx Mickey
This is just the sort of feedback I am looking for actual experience from actual users..................

 

[beek]

I done been crazy for a long time, I am hoping that chopping off the bottoms on the Canto's will buy me what I want in power & headroom.....Thanx again for the responses

 

[Rossi46]

I am running Wyred4sound SX-1000 mono's, exact same as BelCanto's for a fraction of the cost. Might be worth checking them out unless you are loyal to BelCanto. As for their performance... awesome. Massive headroom and detail. I have been unable to get them warm, let alone hot, and they sit in a stack with 2" of clearance above. I can play my Spires as loud or quiet as I want and the amps handle it with ease. Strongly recommended. Cheers.

 

[tsv_1]

I am running Wyred4sound SX-1000 mono's, exact same as BelCanto's for a fraction of the cost. Might be worth checking them out unless you are loyal to BelCanto. As for their performance... awesome. Massive headroom and detail. I have been unable to get them warm, let alone hot, and they sit in a stack with 2" of clearance above. I can play my Spires as loud or quiet as I want and the amps handle it with ease. Strongly recommended. Cheers.

To be fair, I believe the front-end (input circuits) of the W4S vs the BC monoblocks are different... but not much else is different other than cosmetics. And I agree, for the money, save some coin and go with the W4S if that's the type of thing you're looking for.