What are the benefits of Gallium Nitride (GaN FET) Power amplifiers?
GaN technology offers the smooth switching characteristics that result in less audible noise being injected into the amplifier. GaN FETs can switch faster than their counterparts with higher efficiency, therefore equipment size can be minimized. For audiophiles, the ultimate goal is a pure sound. This means that any audible noise that may be fed into the amplifier should be kept to as close to zero as possible. This is achievable through the use of Gallium Nitride FETs.
Class A has been the serious audiophile’s gold standard for decades. Today however, we are at the early stages of a seismic shift towards widespread Class D audiophile adoption. Why? Because a new type of Class D audio is quickly approaching the performance of Class A. Gallium Nitride (GaN) is poised to uproot the high-end audio world. In fact, GaN-based Class D is much more power-efficient than traditional, MOSFET-based Class D and offers orders of magnitude better performance. Performance that to many listeners, even surpasses the quality of Class A.
Just how good is this new GaN technology
Lets take one of our Mini GaN amplifiers. When you have distortion levels of .006% or better with an almost perfectly flat frequency response, the amplifier is going to put out exactly what’s put into it and the rest is up to your speakers. We’re talking about an almost perfect audio signal. But it gets even better. These amplifiers have an almost magical quality about them. The musical notes are pure, but have a natural decay like you’ve never heard before. After listening to one of our amps, you will start to hear things you never heard in your music before. I always like to see the look on peoples faces when they listen to one of these amps for the first time. It really is something that can’t be put into words. Another amazing thing about these amps is the thunderous power they are capable of producing. I love seeing peoples eyes almost pop out of their head when they hear a big bass note that actually shakes the foundation of our industrial building. They just can’t understand how such a powerful sound can come out of this very small amplifier. It truly is a new musical experience!
