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| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? If we're talking THE BEST, regardless of price...Aavik and T+A. @mbmi What is the sound of these 2 that make it the best. I only know the T+A HV amps (and stack). Slightly warm sound but my ears like my CODA #16 more. I would assume the T+A Cla... | |
| seeking advise please on my short list for new speakers? (15k budget) If you are in Toronto and your budget is $USD15K then I would recommend demoing the Yamaha NS5000 at Kennedy HiFi.. You room maybe too small for these "bookshelf" speakers, but you did say your room opens up. I have these in a room that is 20 x (... | |
| Affordable GaN FET amp from Peachtree Audio @toro3 Funny you should ask about the GAN1 and oR. I was thinking of selling the GAN1 since I was not using it on either of my 2 systems even though it is my second best ’amp’. A lightbulb went off and I realized I should use the GAN1 for it’s ori... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing In the past 3 years I also did a mini-me version of @jjss49 DAC testing (at home for long period) with the following DACs: Benchmark DAC3B Musetec 005 Gustard X26 Pro Audio Mirror Tubador 3 SE Lumin X1 Schitt Yggi+ Less is More Matrix Aud... | |
| Has anyone lost a KEF tweeter? One way to solve this if you do not want to do it yourself is to contact a good audio shop in your area and see if they have a tech who can come over to your place. When I had my adventures with the Thiel CS3.7, which also had a busted tweeter/mi... | |
| Ultra Rendu I just bought a used OpticalRendu. I had 3 before sold 2 and just got one more yesterday. The Fibre Optical just before the DAC (or better yet into the DAC) sounds better to me. I would assume that the UltraRendu would also be lower in the hierarc... | |
| Streaming Headphone Amp https://www.headphonesty.com/2021/12/review-matrix-mini-i-pro-3/ I think they just release version 4. I owned this for a while and with a warmer headphone, I think it would be an excellent choice. I used it with a Meze Empy. My friend uses it wit... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? OK Ric, I will send you the GAN400. I paid $1200 for it. I had a modded Voyager 350 GAN before. It was much better than stock and did not have the hardness on top. It did as stock. The deficiency with the 350 GAN was the lack of real grunt on the... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I never said I was going for a comparison by price. Though price is really BS in audio these days. I just laugh at some of the prices. My comparison is of one of the best GAN amps I have owned vs one of the best Class A + AB amp I have owned. For ... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? Someone previously posted that most comments on GAN were not using higher end non-GAN amps as comparison. This morning I took the Peachtree GAN400 down to the much larger Livingroom where I have the amazing Yamaha NS5000 speakers. Here is what I ... | |
| Have you upgraded from a Freya? @zlone I have owned the CODA 07x (for 1 year), the Benchmark HPA4+LA4, Schitt Freya+, Topping pre90, and the Holo Serene. I have decided to keep only the LA4 and Serene. The 07x is warm, fairly detailed, and slightly noisy. In the end that noise ... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I am comparing the Peachtree GAN400 with my CODA #16. In the past, have compared the CODA #8 with KRELL Duo 175XD and the Voyager 350 GAN in the same system at the same time. The PeachTree GAN400 is not too bad at all. I like the other amps more... | |
| Balanced/Differential tube preamplifier recommendation? Schitt Freya+ | |
| Sonore OpticalRendu I had 3 of the optical Rendus at one time. I only have 1 left, but I am looking to get the new OpticalRendu coming out maybe next month. I compared the OpticalRendu to the opticalStreamer in the Lumin X1 and they sounded different, but neither wa... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I spent about 12 hours today listening to the GAN400 on the LRS+. It was really good, many times I had to stop my work and listen. I am so glad that I got this amp back. However, there is a hint of hardness on top that my very neutral system conve... |