LeAmp from Norh?

Thanks for filling me in on that Doug. Unfortunately, i missed that part of their "battle". With all of the different forums, reviews, websites, etc... it can get a bit overwhelming at times. I do find that kind of strange though as he Brian was riding them pretty hard about the incorrect power rating. Oh well, i've been in the same boat before. Really liked an amp, just wished it had more "guts".... Sean
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hi sean,

it wasn't really brian that was riding 'em hard, tho he *was* saying that mr. curl's measurements were ok, as far as he knew. it was mr. curl & some inmates that seem not to like the idea of a mfr publishing false specs, that seemed to be the ones *really* upset. never conclusively got resolved, tho, as mr barnes & his engineers still insisted their specified power is correct. seems like they & mr curl need to get together w/their measuring equipment so they're all on the same page. really confusing to me, that's for sure! ;~)

ever hear the home-brew aksa amps? seems they'd cost the same as the norh's - i'm looking for a cheap way to justify selling my original adcom gfa555's, used as subwoofer amps...

doug s.

First of all.. Let me say I have never heard the LeAmps. So take my opinion for what it is. But as a value - oriented consumer (read "cheap") I am very interested in trying them after reading the reviews.
It seems to me that Michael Barnes (Mr. Norh) knew in creating these amps at the $500 price point that they would be used by many to add power to their receivers/integrated amps. Therefore he put in a DC blocking capacitor to keep DC from reaching the speaker's tweeters and damaging them. This also made the sound "smoother", which probably is desirable with most receivers and lower-priced integrated amps being used as pre-amps.
Without the DC blocking capacitor (after mod) people say the sound really "opens up" and is more detailed. This seems to be the way to go if you are using better upstream components.
So, you can get the amps either way - sort of semi-custom made for your system.