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
I am not dismissing mods but if the item is so great, why does it need to be modded, especially during the warranty period? I had the SCD777ES which was the same as the SCD1 without the balanced output and potted transformer @$3500.00. It’s now a boat anchor and could never compete with my Esoteric X3 SACD player.
The mods I had eliminated the RCA section of the SCD-1. The balanced part was the best part of the unit and that was made way better with the mods. The RCA only SCD77ES was not at the level of the stock SCD-1.

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I spoke to Ric today about the mods on the Voyager. His listening sessions with my stock Voyager yielded similar observations as me. He says the improvements he made will be easy for me to hear. They also sound like what I was hoping would improve.

I am looking for more clarity and detail. A bit quieter would be nice, but the new LA4 preamp I am getting may solve that issue. More musical engagement or the wow factor would be the best improvement. I have that with the CODA #8 on my Thiel CS3.7 and the KRELL K-300i on my RAAL SR1a. So the modded Voyager has a high bar to clear.

I should get the amp back next week once a final part is delivered to Ric.
He says the improvements he made will be easy for me to hear. They also sound like what I was hoping would improve.

I am looking for more clarity and detail. A bit quieter would be nice, but the new LA4 preamp I am getting may solve that issue. More musical engagement
or the wow factor would be the best improvement.

Clarity and detail improvements would require reductions in distortion. The distortion of this amp is probably already below the threshold of audibility. Anything he does is likely to decrease performance. Does he have ability to measure before and after to provide any sort of proof that he has actually improved the performance of the amp? Let me answer: No. It will just be his subjective opinion.

More musical engagement and wow factor? How to do quantify these? You can't. It's subjective. He will monkey around with the amp and add noise to it. You can use software to add effects and tune it to your own specific likes easier, cheaper, and with much more control.
I have had plenty of kit moded over the decades, mostly to the power supplies, internal wiring, or bypass caps. Simple DIY mod is upgrading fuses, which can be a much bigger sonic benefit than many are willing to admit, or now coating the connections with Goop

The stock Voyager sounds really good after I replaced the leading edge muffling stock rubber feet and got better still as I replaced all my 5+ yo machina dynamica springs with these. Outstanding improvement


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The stock Voyager sounds really good after I replaced the leading edge muffling stock rubber feet and got better still as I replaced all my 5+ yo machina dynamica springs with these. Outstanding improvement

The mind is indeed a miraculous thing....

What frequency and amplitude vibrations are you trying to damp? What was the spring rate of your old springs versus the new ones? Are they even different? What is the old versus the new damping ratio? Have you checked to see if it is different or for that matter an improvement? How do you know the damping hasn't worsened?

This is why these "tweaks" are nonsense. It's all in your head until you have some objective basis to actually show a change based on reality.

I hear if you smear peanut butter all over your amp it will sound chunkier.