The 150.2 has more power but a simple UDC amp (pre-ncore module) can beat it hand down. ncore amps is a step up from UDC.
Hypex
UcD. Acronym for “Universal class D" amplifier.
A lot of it also has to do with implementation. Some people who compared UcD modules combined with a robust linear power supply and a tube input buffer (such as the Rogue Audio Medusa/Hydra amplifiers) to the ncore, preferred them over the ncore.
I've only personally had the chance to audition the ncore NC400 once, and
with the particular speakers used they did not sound as smooth and full as the Van Alstine Fet Valve 400R with the same speakers.
Speaker matching (dare I use the word "synergy") seems to be of even greater importance with the Class D amplifiers. I haven't heard any amplifiers with the Pascal or Anaview modules, (although I have heard several ICEpower amps), but reading a lot of comparisons have made me think that it's possible in the Class D arena that the current ICEpower amps may have slipped to the bottom of the pack, but who knows what the next gen B&O might bring?
However in any case I would really want to hear any Class D amplifier with my speakers first, while I feel it might be easier to buy a Bryston, AVA, etc. linear amplifier sight unseen (sound unheard).
Steve
