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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.....
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yyzsantabarbara
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@tweak1 I was using Audience Au24 SE balanced XLR + Wywire Balanced XLR from my sources to my CODA and the 15 foot Benchmark XLR to my CODA #8 amp. I tried this setup with the CODA #8, Voyager, and AHB2. The CODA #8 had the most bass followed by the Voyager. The AHB2 was further behind. 

I now run Audience Au24 SE RCA from my DACs to the CODA 07x to see if it can be quieter (it is not). However, the bass sounded the same as the XLR with the CODA #8 and Voyager.

The KRELL K-300i seems to have the most bass of all the amps I have in the house.
tweak1
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@y


Thanks XLR should be quieter
Decades ago a buddy had the Krell KSA 50S or 100S... it was a potent beast
viber6
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yyz,
Your overall findings are that the AHB2 is the most accurate of all the amps.  That includes the tightest bass, which will also be the least quantity of bass.  Larger quantity of bass is always associated with lower quality and accuracy, as shown by the Krell.
yyzsantabarbara
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@viber I do not disagree on anything you wrote. However, I would say that the KRELL would be preferred by the majority of people. The AHB2 is disliked by people that like some warmth (I like both). I sold my 3rd AHB2 to a guy who only kept it for 2 days. He hated it. While I was sorry I sold it that sale did lead to the Voyager.
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georgehifi
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Larger quantity of bass is always associated with lower quality and
accuracy, as shown by the Krell.
Only one thing to say about that, and it’s double phooey!!


I would say that the KRELL would be preferred by the majority of people.
True, nothing wrong with Krell bass, it’s most controlled, tight and dynamic bass of nearly any other amp I’ve heard. (BJT (bipolar) done right, can’t beat it)
And it’s does hard loads better than the AHB2 because it does far more current into them than it can, and bridging the AHB2 into mono won’t get it up there with a Krell, if anything it’ll be worse just louder (more watts but less stable) than the stereo into low impedances.

Cheers George
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