If I'm not mistaken, that was the reason I didn't go with TDA7265 for my "extreme" project. TA82XX is a better candidate. But I want to try TDA2030V first because I know how good it is.
My small chip amp is an LA4270. Go search the datasheet, it doesn't have anything special. It's THD at 10K is 0.23% for 2W output. Acceptable still.
It took me two and a half day to tweak the amp for best sound. Tried several bypass cap values and brands, feedback resistor values and brands, input BJT buffer transistors, and at last it can sound beautiful enough.
So I built a TDA2030V several hours ago with basic parts. No way it can compare to my LA4270. Then I use better parts (BC/Philips for supply caps, Oscon for feedback cap, vishay 0.01% for FB resistors, Sanyo NP for input caps). Still, the LA4270 is way special.
From my experience building chip amps, it is impossible to get special sound without preamp. That's why I often use a single transistor in the input as a minimum substitute for the preamp. Haven't done this to the TDA2030V. I think TDA2030A is better than this TDA2030V.
So what chip amp next? I tried to check the datasheet for TDA7296. No way this chip can sound good. Here is a little secret of a good/bad sounding amplifier (example is a bad one, for TDA7296):