Voyagers Being Delivered. Comments Please

The other thread has been overrun with ASR fetishists, so since I actually own a Voyager, I feel like it's safe to comment here. I am merely a high school English and guitar teacher, not an electrical engineer, but I have owned some nice equipment over the years. I can only relate that for me the LSA is a clear step up from Parasound Halo A21 it's replacing, and while my W4S SX-1000R monos are awesome, I find the LSA to be smoother and more refined, while being quite competitive with the W4S on the bottom end. The W4S are heading for HT duty. The LSA is a very good amp and I'm quite pleased with it. 

Thanks. I needed some pallet cleanser after reading 30+ comments that will likely get Jays' thread pulled, mostly because Ric cannot keep his new age comments to himself. 

I had an A23, which leaned toward dark, and was extremely warm to the touch, in spite of it being in a wide open space.

I owned several W4S amps, including; stereo, mono, and multichannel: None held a candle to my stock Yoyager, or my Ric Schultz EVS1200, which I raved about until the V arrived

" I can only relate that for me the LSA is a clear step up from Parasound Halo A21 it's replacing, and while my W4S SX-1000R monos are awesome, I find the LSA to be smoother and more refined, while being quite competitive with the W4S on the bottom end."

This is interesting as I found the exact opposite to be true. I have the Parasound A23+ in a professionally calibrated system. The Voyager, while refined, just didn't engage! It's sound did not project into the room like the Parasound did. My wife and I were not engaged in comparison. The Voyager checks most of the boxes if you break down the soumd, but the sum of those parts just didn't add up in the end. The Parasound was much more engaging and just sounded more correct. Parasound tonality was much better too. I put on a Sinatra sound from a well recorded album. It's very dynamic and sounds fantastic on the Parasound. With the Voyager, it sounded like I was streaming it. His voice had only a fraction of the weight that it should have had. It sounded flat and boring in comparison. Bass is also tighter on the Parasound. When the horn section came in, it was much more dynamic on the Parasound than the Voyager. This was my experience over several weeks with it. I wanted to like it, but the Parasound was too good to let go.

I loved my A21 a lot, and I wouldn't have replaced it, but it needed an extensive repair that would have essentially cost the same as I paid for the unit back in 2006. Rather than just get another one or the  new A21+, I simply wanted to try something new, and I specifically was interested in GaN technology. I took recent advantage of the sale Underwood is having, and I don't regret it. I don't think I even have 70 hours on it yet, but for me the magic is in the midrange with this amp. It is fantastic with vocals. Right now, the bass is not up to the the A21 standards, but I think it will improve with further break in. FWIW, my DAC is the Gustard X26 Pro and the ELAC Vela 403.