LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier


Just got mine last week.  After 24 hours of play all I can say is that this is not your father's class D amplifier.  There is not one thing about its sound that reminds me of the class D gremlins that I do not like.  The low end filled in and now has deep impact, the midrange is the love child of a beautiful tube and clean hybrid amp - just gorgeous.  Highs are very clean and extended. Spatial cues are top notch. My system has had some damn good tube and solid state amps in it before and it has never sounded this good.  I am blown away with the quality of sound coming from class D amplification at this price point.

This 300 wpc amplifier is a real winner.....
jaymark
This is perfect......this way we will all know what you think of the unit stock......and then later....with the mods.  People are going to trust your direct experience with the mods more than mine.  
It’s likely too early but has anyone experienced hearing a comparison of the Voyager and NAD’s M33. 
Anyone have any thoughts?

Many thanks!
I have about 45 hours on the LSA Voyager now.  As time passes it is developing more layering, spatiality and finesse.  Just beautiful sonics.  I am still in awe of what I am hearing out of this modest sized little box.
@wgs57
No but as a technology guy and  owner of more than one very good older Class D amps for many years now I predict they are both superlative.
yyzsantabarbara,
I suggest you put in 400 hours of amp time before sending it to Ric.  I am doing this with my Rouge Audio Studio N-10DM, a dual mono IceEdge 1200 AS1.  Francesco of Rouge advised 400 hours.  At this moment, I have 157 hours on it.  I let it play with my typical music, Mozart violin concertos with small orchestra.  Loudest sections are about 75 dB, although transients are higher, but probably under 85 dB for milliseconds.  I live in an apartment building and let it play for 16 waking hours a day, so I don't disturb neighbors by keeping the volumes modest.  Ideal break in procedures are speculative.  I wonder what the relevance of harsh break in at 90-100 dB would be.  Perhaps the most relevant procedure would be to use your typical music at the playback levels you would listen to.

The sound is quite variable at this point.  It has little to do with whether the amp is warm or cold.  My power quality is very variable, which I found with other amps.  At this point, I don't know whether my variability is due to the power quality or the break in of the Rouge amp.  At 400 hours, I will do the final assessment, go back to my reference amps after they are briefly re-broken in after 1 month of no use.  Then I will do Ric's mods.

Years ago, I almost bought the Benchmark AHB2.  It had excellent clarity and neutrality, although after break in it was very slightly warmer than my Bryston 2.5B SST2.  So I want to hear how your AHB2 compares to the new amp.