LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

I really like my CODA 07x preamp but it does not sound like "straight wire with gain" which I think most would appreciate. However, for me I was missing that "straight wire..." on some recordings so I ordered the Benchmark LA4 preamp to add to my office.

I will test the modded Voyager with both preamps but likely focus on the LA4 which will let me hear the Voyager and sources without the preamp adding anything.

Atmasphere,
I have huge respect for your technical expertise, but sorry, if you are not a violinist or any other trained classical instrumentalist you may not realize that close exposure to real instruments teaches that these natural sounds are BRIGHT (in the good natural sense, not for example in the artificial types of distortion that is obvious if you tune the radio slightly off its freq and get the static which brightens the sound).  The microphones in most recordings are close, roughly comparable to the 1st row of the hall, so when most people who sit much further away say that their 10th row sound is comparable to the recording played on their systems, they don't realize that this means their systems are rolled off in HF especially.  These listeners would be astonished to go to the 1st row, or better yet, stand on the podium to hear what the conductor hears, which is the most detailed and balanced sound of anyone in the hall.  This sound is bright and brilliant, not at all like the sound of most tube equipment.  I have an open mind to discover some tube electronics that are brilliant and detailed.  On Jay's thread, "My long list of amplifiers..." he plays his new tube mono amps the identity of which he hasn't disclosed yet.  They sound brilliant and bright, and he says they are more detailed than many SS amps he has owned.

My 60 years of playing the violin, the latter 50 as an accomplished performer in solo concertos, chamber music, orchestra, and 50 years of being an audiophile and correlating audio system sound with live in all sorts of venues and environments, qualifies me to make the statements in the preceding paragraph.

Tube gear can sound bright and brilliant or dull and warm. Cannot paint the sound of all tube gear with a broad brush as you have. Ralph’s tube gear does not sound like you think in your mind. Unless you have owned his amps? I have owned his pieces. They are brilliant and as lite up from within as the recording may or may not deliver.
Also, you hear your very own violin differently than other humans. Some hear different tonality in your violin playing as this is part of being human and unique. So you are not hearing it more correctly than another. When we better understand the subjective part of our individual ear/brain differences and preferences, then perhaps we will stop taking sides and keeping score.

I am starting to learn this after 40 years of being an Aphile and music lover.

I could not even stay in the same room that Benchmark gear was powering. My ears and preferences drove me out while others were completely and utterly immersed in the music.

Perhaps it would improve the signal to noise ratio if those with commercial interests in their recommendations either mention such in their posts or not be allowed to post in non-commercial forums.