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| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? There you go......not what I was talking about. The GaN 400 and the GaN1 are completely different animals.....one is analog in with op amps and feedback inside....the other is digital in with no opamps or feedback and not needing a DAC or preamp. ... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? A digital amp is a class D amp that takes normal PCM signals and converts it to PWM in software.....then into a class D output stage. Some will just say its a class D amp with a digital input only. However, most of the manufacturers of this type o... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? Was this the GaN 1 or the GaN 400? What was his digital source and volume control if it is the Gan 1? Please, tell us more details......about your "trusted" friend and his experience. Have him come here and describe what he heard. I trust people’s... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? The Benchmark amp has been proven over time. It is certainly a reference at its price point......BUT.....a big butt.....he he.....we like big butts....well, I do. What if the Peachtree GaN 1 amp ($2000 with 30 day money back) driven from an IFI Ze... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? The older now discontinued Benchmark mic preamps used discrete transistors. They now use op amps for most of the analog signal path in their current products. | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? Most here do not realize that everything has a sound.....everything makes a difference. I have spent over 45 years listening to wires, solder, resistors, caps, damping, shielding, etc into infinity. You can lose harmonics or add juiceiness, etc.... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? The GaN 400 is the same as the Voyager......the GaN 1 is the new digital input only amp. The Kef Blade 2 Meta’s do not have that low of impedance and are 87db sensitive, so 200 watts will get you at least 107db. How loud do you listen? | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? The Peachtree Nova 150 is not even anything today. The latest GaN amps from Peachtree are another level. The Peachtree GaN 400 is the exact same amp as the LSA Voyager.....same boards inside a different box. You heard the Voyager stock and modded.... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? Paul Seydor does not listen to reference quality amps. His reference in his review is a Quad 909 and a all tube Zesto amp.....hardly a $200K pair of mono block Boulders or whatever. In order to claim something has zero sound you need to do a strai... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen Fully active digital xover triamped/biamped speakers using pure digital input amps would simply kill any speaker alive.....he he......that statement will get you going. The Peachtree GaN 1 is a 200 watt a channel stereo amp that has coax input on... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta Everything makes a difference. Every single thing inside the Node and Zen effect the sound. LEDs add distortion. A toslink output is an LED.....the indicators for frequency are LEDs. I removed the toslink connector and the indicator LEDs. I hardw... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta Have you tested this? Do you have a Zen and Node and the IFI I Purifier and you tested it with both units? Or is this a guess?.....since the Zen has a built in purifier. The Purifier would work best at the load....not the source. The I Purifier so... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta From what i have read the Lumin U1 and the IFI Zen Stream both seriously beat the Bluesound. You can replace the output connectors with WBT Nexgens, replace the output wire, change the AC inlet to a Furutech and get rid of the external fuse (prob... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta Yes, indeed. Your PS Audio Directstream Jr., Backert Pre and Pass 30.8 are $15K....plus cables......this is $2K. Peachtree has 30 day trial.....would be really cool to find out. Again, you could mod it for better sound (me can do) and you can a... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta OK, please do a serious evaluation and let us know......thanks. BTW....how does the Rose do digital out volume control? At 32Bits? or ? What digital cable are you using? I would love to see a comparison of the IFI Zen Stream (using better linear... |