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Tommy's made some great amps that are definitely in the same league as great tube and Class A amps. Just makes you realize that great sound can be had regardless of topology, if you have an open mind and ears!
Well said, watercourse....if you don't mind, I would state it slightly different and a bit stronger: “Tommy's made some great amps that are definitely in the same league as great tube and Class A amps. Just makes you realize that great sound can be had with fewer compromises than by sticking to other highly regarded circuit topologies, if you have an open mind and ears!munosmario
I'm glad you could tweak my statement to fit your perspective better!I'm of the opinion that there always will be compromises, whether they are room-related, component-related, budgetary, etc., and that overall synergy is clearly something more than the sum of the parts. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all - one can't say that all tube-based amps are better than solid state, or that Class A is always better than push-pull or Class D, etc. Well, you can say those things, but you'd be foolish to do so.But, back to the topic at hand, which is: Tommy has achieved great things with his twist on the Class D topology, and when you judge his products against other very high quality and well-regarded products using different and well-tested approaches to achieve similar ends, the Cherry amps prove their excellence both empirically and sonically.
watercourse, I like the way you expanded your thought. I believe we are totally in agreement and our perspectives coincide. We do not profess the notion that any particular topology is better than any or all others…but what we seem to concur on is that Tommy’s class D technology, approach, and implementation are producing amplifiers that when high power is a must (other compromises and particular synergies aside), in average, may well offer less of the sonic compromises than are usually observed even in fine high-power executions of other topologies (some costing several multiples more than Tommy's). I, for one, know this from my personal experience. I am a retired investment banker with still "young" ears (according to my doctor ), who started into this hobby with an addiction (that, to some extent, I still have) to quite expensive Japanese SET amps, while stationed there in the mid 80's to mid 90's...but, over all these later years, I have continuosly experimented (individually or in conjuction with some audiophile friends) with many so called state-of-the-art/high-end alternatives (all topologies) in my search for the absolute sound.munosmario
