TC Electronics Switch amp

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Originally Posted by Charles Darwin

I have not compared them but bear in mind that the reason Dynaudio Acoustics switched from MC2 to TC amps is not because they thought it is a better amp, it is because TC Group bought Dynaudio Acoustics. That was why Dynaudio stopped selling drivers to the diy community and doubled the prices for spares too.

That said I have yet to hear any amp better than the MC1250.

Dynaudio Acoustics air series studio monitor used lab gruppen class D amp
Is it true?
Is it same leauge as MC2 MC 1250 amp?


Some eng. said the sound of lab gruppen better than MC2 MC 1250.
What is your opinion?

[Charles Darwin]

I have not really got an opinion as I have not so far been able to compare both directly.
That said I have heard a few opposing opinions ie that MC2s sound better than LabGruppen.
One was regarding Tannoy-badged amps. Tannoy chose to use MC2 amps to sell under their brand until Tannoy too was bought by TC Group after which they obviously had to use LabGruppen who are also owned by TC Group.
Andi Munro who started the DynaudioAcoustics range of monitors on behalf of Dynaudio chose MC2 as the best sounding amps. Roger Quested of Quested Audio (highly regarded studio monitors which were used by Abbey Road until Abbey Road got paid to use B&W systems by the powers that be) swears blind that MC2 MC series amps are the best amps made today bar none.
Personally I have been able to a/b MC2 amps directly to Quad, Phase Linear, QSC and Bryston and they bettered all of those easily and I know of two people who replaced their substantially more costly Chord amps with MC2 MC1250s after hearing them.
Personally I stopped worrying about amps altogether since I got three MC2s for my stereo.
I have got no idea how many amps LabGruppen produces per year but there are always plenty on the s/h market. MC2 makes around 10 000 but they are a rare find s/h.