LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

yyz,

Really nice, thorough job you guys did.  Thanks to you and your friend.

Are you still sending your Voyager off to Ric-EVS today to be modded?  If so, you certainly can update some or all of these comparisons afterward, but will your friend be available to weigh in also?  It will be very interesting to see if the Voyager can pull ahead of the Krell in some ways?

If it's too much in the weeds to address, I understand, but were there any areas of performance where the Voyager was preferred over the Krell despite the Krell winning overall?  Or can you say the overall delta between the two.  Pretty close or pretty big?

Thanks, yyz.

And, certainly thanks to Jaymark for starting the thread and reporting….

Yyz,

I also have found that room changes are often audible, so i do like to do a brief reassessment after making them.  The changes I’ve made the last 8 months have all been focused on improving acoustics but sometimes just storing something or moving something out because it’s needed elsewhere is audible.  

Like with your convolution filter, I now like the SQ better with my room correction turned off.   But that may change back for reasons I won’t go into for now…..

This thread is about the LSA GAN-fet amp experiences being reported to the rest of us….

Thanks for reporting so thoroughly.

Jaymark, you are definitely not alone.  Very well put.

Pursuit of the next level up among the enthused is not exclusive to audio, IME.  My Dad shot competitive skeet and had a bass boat capable of over 70mph.  Constantly tweaking everything…

Not specifically arguing the merits of EVS’ Voyager amp mod, because it’s not been delivered yet, but I thought the validity of modding equipment was well-established.  Haven’t there been quite a few well known modders over the decades with many many happy customers? And many less well-known modders also with tons of happy customers?

I’ve had two pieces modded by the same person.  I only did the second one because the first was so good.  Anytime I can identify talented modders,  I’m open to doing more.  But only if I really like the SQ of the piece to begin with.

As far as choosing between modding a piece or replacing it with a new one, I am comfortable with my ability to assess those alternatives and also in determining if I got good value for my modding dollar.  Those perplexed by those of us who like mods might ponder that a bit.  It’s not that complicated.  If a mod falls flat, so be it.  The marketplace will take care of that….

If an end user (owner) ever gets the chance to hear the stock Voyager or any of the new GAN amps next to a modded one,  hope they report their observations here…

The stars would have to align just so, but I envision perhaps two audio friends who each have the amp—one modded, the other stock.

I’d love to hear that comparison also, cascadesphil.