LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

So far, all of EJ’s amps have been plug and play using IcePower and their own front end circuit. Would be nice if it were a stand alone design. We already have two of the same with Peachtree and LSA.

If the Peachtree and LSA are the same it is a great time to get a super deal on the LSA from Walter. He knows that Peachtree has a 30 day money back and he charges $450 in restocking fees.....making the Peachtree much more desirable. So, I have no doubt he will give super trade in values and even straight discounts.....as he will want to unload as much merchandise ASAP.....especially in light of WFS’s about to be real... amp.....and the new $2500 GaN amp from Orchard (to ship in Oct.). A good time to be an audiophile.....great stuff....and, not so expensive!

Ara no apology needed.  I am not a class D fanboy, in fact I was just the opposite.  I just let my ears and brain tell me whether I like what I am hearing and what it sounds like.  

I believe Orchard is going to put their steamer/DAC in a box with their GaN amp stages......we have only just begun.

tweak1,
Although your Voyager is young, how does it compare to your EVS1200 so far?  My stock Rouge IceEdge 1200 AS1 now has 360 hours on it, and it isn't much different than initially when I got it with factory burn in of 8 hours.  The hour-to-hour variations in the Rouge are more correlated with my power quality.

My listening session with the another set of ears will happen tomorrow.

However, today I am going back and forth with the CODA #8 and Voyager, an apples-to-apples comparison. I am playing the same CD’s on my 20 year old Sony SCD-1 SACD player (modified to Vacuum State Level 5+). This source does not have DSP and is ’naked’ in my small room. I also still love the sound of this player, especially with SACD’s.

Today the Voyager sounded very clear now (more hours). I cannot complain that it is not as clear as the CODA. The sound was actually very good and non-fatiguing. The bass seemed a little shy but the music was very engaging and fast.

Once a disk was done I switched the XLR, Audience Conductor SE,  and power cord to the CODA #8 and played the same disk again. Now with CODA the bass is a bit too much in my room. It is giving me a bit of fatigue, but I am in a small room with wall treatments but that extra software digital DSP is beneficial for the CODA. Not a fault of the amp but the room.

The CODA also has more decay on the drum cymbals. The drum whacks are harder and more powerful. Maybe the term is ’air’ but the CODA has something to it that makes the Voyager sound a little flatter in comparison.

The Voyager is actually more enjoyable with the the ’naked’ SONY over the CODA #8 because of the stronger bass of the CODA giving me fatigue. The room needs to be tamed first. I felt this was also the same issue with the KRELL K-300i (btw - compared with the $15K Boulder 866 in Stereophile this month).

With my main digital streaming sources (DACs) this bass boom is not an issue with the CODA #8 because I have a Convolution filter for my Thiel CS3.7.