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what does this mean?
@mcanaday  Both speaker output hot, it no different than any other differential output amplifier. The output of the amplifier is bridged.  
Unfair Competition: Orchard Audio Bosc Monoblocks vs. Pass Labs XA30.8
@emil, bingo. can't buy some of the needed parts till late February.  
Unfair Competition: Orchard Audio Bosc Monoblocks vs. Pass Labs XA30.8
The Starkrimson amps just won budged product of the year from The Absolute sound see here:    
Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps?
I have many customers driving my amps with Schitt Freya+ and are very happy.  
The Intellectual People Podcast - Orchard Audio
Thanks for working on this and posting it up. 
Unfair Competition: Orchard Audio Bosc Monoblocks vs. Pass Labs XA30.8
The preamp is EAR 868 with 5v output balanced, 600 ohms. No problem getting adequate volume. Ok. Thanks. 
Unfair Competition: Orchard Audio Bosc Monoblocks vs. Pass Labs XA30.8
Nice write up, what did you use to drive the older BOSC amp? You could have had an impedance mismatch between the two devices. The BOSC amps have a 5k input impedance where the Starkrimson amps have a 44k input impedance.So if you were driving the... 
High end Class D amps?
Just looked at the Starkrimson GaN mono. Looks very good and great specs. GaN can switch faster. I am surprised that there are no Silicon Carbide based power amps. I am power hungry though and 100W is too low for my setup. Soon there will be a ... 
DAC's Made in the USA
Hi. Orchard Audio makes a very high performance DAC within your budget. Let me know if you have any questions.All my products are made in Succasunna, NJ. 
What's your profession? Age?
35. Electrical Engineer and owner of Orchard Audio 
Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready?
PecanPi Streamer:http://www.orchardaudio.com/pecanpi  
Bluesound Node 2i vs Raspberry Pi SQ
@useryThank you for posting about ApplePi DAC. If anybody has questions feel free to contact me. 
Feedback on product
I don’t know about your product but I would not touch indiegogo. Look up Tracfind. It was a disaster for buyers. I already had a successful kickstarter campaign where everything shipped on time, and I do not see a reason my Indiegogo one shoul...