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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.....
jaymark
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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
viber6
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George,
Your good technical comments are not matched by any listening observations.  I don't know how much musical training or experience you have, regarding live unamplified music.
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georgehifi
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Viber

Sorry you feel this way, but history shows and I also say , nothing touches big Krell amps for bass.

Cheers George
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atmasphere
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history shows and I also say , nothing touches big Krell amps for bass.
This statement is false. If the amp is behaving as a voltage source then its bass won't be any different from any other amplifier which is also able to act as a voltage source. Add to that the fact that almost any solid state amp has had enough feedback to play bass properly in the last 40 years, which is why solid state has a good reputation for making bass.

'Nothing touching it' suggests that the amp has a coloration- for example **too much** bass, which seems really unlikely. So this one seems a furphy.
ricevs
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All amps....solid state or tube do bass differently (my direct experience). Because it is not one thing that EVER does anything. Even the jacks and wiring and vibration control, etc. etc. effect the bass response. Change the fuse in a Krell....you will get different bass response. Most transistor amps are voltage sources.....they all sound different. Certainly, Krell has a reputation for "big" bass. Is it perfect? Is is the best ever? Nah....no such thing. This game in infinite.....everything makes a difference.  I could mod a Krell and get better bass, midrange and highs.....it never ends...
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