GaN by GaN Class-D with SMP complete for $940, ready to go just put in a box.
I will not ever post again on any thread that George startsThat can only be a blessing for me, thank god for that, I hope you stay true to your word. Anyone that says he can take a look at this pic https://ibb.co/h1F7TGx and then says he sees many mods that can be done to transform it to be even better, can’t be trusted, no matter how much "peace love dope" he preaches while his other hands in your back pocket. Cheers George |
Shouldn't you listen to this evaluation board before encouraging people to buy it? There is a chance it might not live up to your expectations. The board design might be intended more as a demonstration of power efficiency rather than sound quality.@mspot There is a reveiw of this evaluation board on audioscience.com from last June: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/gan-systems-amplifier-eval-board-measurem... Amirm (the guy testing it) concluded: MOSFET transistors have revolutionized computing and switching power designs. It is nice to see a new type become available after decades of refinement of MOSFET. GaN transistors offered by GaN systems show a path to cooler running, more efficient and better performing amplifiers and power supplies. The eval unit unfortunately doesn't show the improved performance due to different target for it. So best to look at commercial implementations that shoot for state of the art implementations.On August 25th George brought the thread back to life when he tried tried to get Amirm to add more feedback to the amp, so as to possibly change his conclusion. This is seen on page 7 of that same thread linked above: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/gan-systems-amplifier-eval-board-measurem... There were two prior threads to this one, both of which George started and later deleted, mostly on account of that conclusion of Amirm's. IMO you do want to pay attention; also note that this evaluation kit does not provide any heatsinking means, so its power supply is current limited to prevent damage to the output devices if driven to full power into 4 ohms. It should be 400 watts, but is current limited to 114 watts to prevent overheating. Output devices in a switching amplifier can go into thermal runaway because as they get hotter, their On resistance increases, which causes them to run hotter. So lack of a heatsink is a serious issue for an audiophile. Its not if your intent is simply to evaluate the devices, and for that purpose this kit works really well. |
@atmasphere — thanks, I hadn’t seen the ASR review. Getting back to my original post... if you’ve auditioned a component and love it, then sure, go ahead and spread the word. But if you’ve never even heard it, it’s bizarre to be telling people, "It’s only $970! Only 4 left, hurry before it’s sold out! No, I’ve never heard it before, and I didn’t get one for myself". |
Atmasphere will put on anything and screw things around to suit himself that threatens his up coming GaN Class-D that he spruiks about, if it ever comes. Then we'll see what that does on the "independent" test bench. He fails to point out with this GaN by GaN amp/smp that the many of the measurements were actually outstanding by Amirm, and that only 2 were not up to Amirm’s his standard, and that’s reason for the conclusion. And was because the owners unit was sent to him to measure but was set for very low feedback because the owner like the sound that way, and this was the reason for those 2 average measurements.I’ve PM’d Amirm to see if he can get the board back again for measurements but with the feedback set in normal amount which will then bring those two average measurements up to the rest and will almost certainly change his conclusion. I hope it happens. Cheers George |
