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LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

Just got mine last week.  After 24 hours of play all I can say is that this is not your father's class D amplifier.  There is not one thing about its sound that reminds me of the class D gremlins that I do not like.  The low end filled in and now has deep impact, the midrange is the love child of a beautiful tube and clean hybrid amp - just gorgeous.  Highs are very clean and extended. Spatial cues are top notch. My system has had some damn good tube and solid state amps in it before and it has never sounded this good.  I am blown away with the quality of sound coming from class D amplification at this price point.

This 300 wpc amplifier is a real winner.....
jaymark

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abraxalito
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And ricevs, you always resort back to the "peace, love, dope" card every time you get caught out/called out. Do you think members don’t see this?
George - there is also the very old wisdom saying 'The one who knows does not speak. He who speaks, does not know'.
abraxalito
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What are you doing back here again, things quiet over at the other place??
Yeah, most activity these days seems to be in tubes and speakers and Pass Labs. I'm curious about these new GaN amps and wondering if I should get one to put up against my current classD reference ( $2 TDA8932 chipamp). Don't want to spend a ton of dough though, perhaps I should wait for them to become more mainstream?
abraxalito
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People who fail to grasp this crucial point are perpetually puzzled and unable to answer the simplest question: If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it does it make a sound? This is not a trick question. The answer is NO! The tree falling vibrates the air. Vibrations in air are not sounds. Human beings hear sounds. Microphones do not. 

Absolutely correct. Ironically (or even tragically) Ethan Winer in the opening chapter of his book 'The Audio Expert' claims that the answer is 'Yes'. So much for audio experts!

abraxalito
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Our ears are the best test equipment known to man.

Nonsense, ears are enjoyment equipment. If you want tests, use man-made test equipment.

abraxalito
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"your ears are the final qc in the chain" 

Quite so, which is why ears are not test equipment. Ears appreciate/evaluate quality and test equipment measures quantity.

abraxalito
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All brands of polyprop or whatever caps sound different from each other....even if they are the same length.  If you orient the cap with the outside foil to the output of lower potential it sounds best.

By 'potential' here do you mean impedance? Its sensible engineering to have the outer foil connected to the lower impedance circuit, that minimizes RF ingress.

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