The thing that impresses most about the Audions is in fact, their timbre and naturalness. Any WE300B that is after 1982 (i.e with a round getter) is not as good and don't have the WE "magic", IMHO. Sorely missed.ĭon't want to sound like I'm bragging, but another important point is that when I compare the AGD Audion 2 to my 300Bs, it's with the vintage WE300B early 1950's tube. They are, in my opinion, game changers.įirstly, need to correct a typo.my Fi Audio 421a is by Don Gerber, who unfortunately passed, back in 2017. No connection whatsoever with AGD other than a happy customer. Highly recommended and just wanted to share with others my excitement about these Class D GAN amps. I still play with my 300B amps but I am spending more time with the Audions in my system. So much so that these AGD Audions Mk2 are now the primary amps in my systems. More air and organic nature to the sound. The improvement was quite a bit better in my system. Power remains the same at 170w/4ohm or 85w/8ohm. These boosted the sampling frequency from 400khz to 800khz. Then this year, the new KT88mk2 GanT Tube modules became available from AGD. Finally I found a solid state amp that I can live with. It had great dynamics, better bass extension, smooth, organic and natural sound comparable with my best 300B (and I use late 1930s to 1950s WE 300Bs). I first tried the AGD Audions when they came out in the Mk1 version. I've tried to like solid state power amps and have bought and tried the First Watt F2J and SIT-2 power amps but ultimately selling them as I find that they fall short of my 300B SET amps.
GERBER MK1 REVIEW DRIVER
These are Class D amps with Gallium Nitride power MOSFETs.Īs those who follow me know, I am a Single Ended Triode tube amp guy since I like high efficiency single driver speakers. This is my review of my AGD Audion Mk2 monoblock power amps.