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| Competitive class D amp suggestions I have a small update on the LSA GaN 360 Voyager amp. it should have now a bit over 100 hours of burn-in (I used it more than usually in my second system basically leaving it on most of time). I did not note any essential improvements after 80 hou... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions Ralph your tutorials are helpful! At lease i understanding now better what is or can be happening with the sound delivered by audio equipment (why knows about electronics may also understand why is this happening). I still am not sure about some ... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions Engineers have other measurement tools: distortion vs frequency (rising distortion is an indication brightness and harshness may be present), distortion spectra at one Watt and also at 06dB of full power and distortion spectra measured at differe... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions @noske So far, for me this is a most relevant forum to discuss this since am not aware of other possibilities and i know nothing about electronics. As i have already mentioned, i was not aware of these things before i had a look on the article wh... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions I just recalled the third degree polynomial from the article. Not sure but it might be the case that THD takes a mere weighted sum of gain, the second and third degree harmonics. More refined parameter would measure the distortion of the gain, sec... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions The interesting thing from the March Audio review/test is that although the distortion is very low, the remaining distortion is mostly 2nd and 3rd. The question becomes "although it has great bass and an extended top end, is it musical"...or is... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions Thanks for sharing to this link! I had a brief look at this information, and may have a more detailed look afterwards. I understand now more about harmonics and the distortion. I general, much depends on which particular mathematical model is us... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions That could be a conceptual change from Pass labs XA amp. If you like how Pass Labs amps sound, you may also like Nuprime class D ST10 monoblocks, but they do get a bit hot in long run. Let us know your first impressions on Atmasphere monoblocks ... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions That would be very interesting, please keep us posted! I will not sell my Megaschino, also because no Cherry amp will ever be again produced (on this land, at least; perhaps Tommy is doing that in heaven) and it will be a benchmark for me. But I... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions There is some really cool things that Ralph is doing in his circuit that other Class D manufacturers are not, and it's evident in the sound. Something similar could be said about Cherry amps, these amps have something special, they sound differ... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions Might well be the case. But then there should exist some objective evidences that these amps are essentially superior to other more reasonably priced ones including LSA Voyager GaN 350. Honestly, i would not order one costing a few times more with... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions Step by step, it can be more relevant now to compare an AGD amplifier with LSA Voyager GaN350. I didn't see any negative feedback on the Voyager so far on Audiogon from people who own it (including myself), whereas I read some on an AGD amp (that... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions It would be interesting if there are some comparisons, in particular, between Nuprime ST-10 stereo, ST-10 mono blocks and Evo STA amps. I suggest ST-10 stereo may have the highest value performance/cost. As to the Voyager, it made the first "im... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions @tweak1, @rc22 Thanks for the suggestions. In fact, I also read in the manual that a better power cable is recommended. I replaced the supplied PC of the Voyager GaN 350 with Audience Forte f3 PC. perhaps, there is some improvement in power and i... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions @mresseguie, thanks for sharing your experience with Nuprime Evo monoblocks. My earlier idea on these amps was that they are more accurate than ST-10 amp but also more analytical. Based on your comments, apparently, this might not quite be the cas... |