LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

@kuribo You are making conclusions about something you have not heard. So you really do not know anything about this specific amp or mods. 

When I say wow factor I do have a subjective baseline. It is my CODA #8 amp. I preferred it to the stock Voyager. It is very easy for me to do comparisons of these 2 amps using ROON streaming, an apples-to-apples comparison. If I did not have the CODA as comparison I would likely have been happy with the stock Voyager.

The Voyager has a bit more detail and clarity over the CODA #8 but I still found the CODA to forcing me to stop and listen. For example, I do remember saying to myself wow I never knew that Jimi Hendrix song was this good, etc.. when played with the CODA (along with a lot more music). I have had this type of reaction with my AHB2's but not when paired with my Thiel CS3.7 floorstanders. The CODA and AHB2 do not sound anything alike.

The king of detail and clarity in my systems is the Benchmark AHB2. So I have another subjective benchmark (lowercase b). The stock Voyager does not reach the levels of the AHB2 on those attributes. Now if after the mods the more powerful Voyager reaches the levels of clarity and detail of my AHB2's. I will have a considerably useful amp for my difficult to drive speakers. Again this "difficult to drive" is a subjective opinion since I am not measuring anything, just listening.

BTW - I am expecting the modded Voyager to not sound like the CODA #8 more like the AHB2. However, that is just a guess.

Like Class-D have with switching frequencies at 600-800khz, like this Icepower has https://ibb.co/5Kj0rcP that has significant feedback, and still has rubbish phase shift measurements(red trace).

I agree. In order to allow the amp to correct phase shift, the feedback has to be more than about 35dB. You either run at least that much or none at all, IMO.

If an end user (owner) ever gets the chance to hear the stock Voyager or any of the new GAN amps next to a modded one,  hope they report their observations here…

The stars would have to align just so, but I envision perhaps two audio friends who each have the amp—one modded, the other stock.

@kuribo You are making conclusions about something you have not heard. So you really do not know anything about this specific amp or mods.

I am commenting on your methodology- I don't have to hear anything to know that your conclusions aren't based on anything factual, just your own opinions. That's fine for you but it really has no value to anyone other than yourself unless you back it up with evidence.

Funny the Benchmark is the one with the most clarity. It is also the one with the lowest distortion. Imagine that!

As soon as the words mods or such get thrown around then the objectivists have to come in and tell us subjectivists that it is all nonsense. The trouble is......90% or more of people reading this thread are subjectivists.......they believe you can hear differences and that these differences are fairly universal......another words....10 people in the same room will usually hear the same thing.

10% of people sitting in a church do not believe what is being said there (you know, they "have" to be there). Those 10% at least have enough common sense to keep their "opinion" to themselves. On a public forum.....no such decorum!.....he he....a rhyme.. You just say your opinion over and over and over again.......well, because, "it needs to be said, it is the truth....and I am saving the world....and....I am smarter than you"

90% of people here believe it is a FACT that all audio gear sounds different and that there are practically NO measurements that tell us what sounds best. It is mostly ART......everyone has an opinion and they are all valid.....for them......but again....most hear the same thing and like the same thing when all are in attendance together (not at a trade show where the level of consciousness is so varied). I am talking small gatherings of people who ALREADY believe in differences and TRUST their ears. I have attended lots of these gatherings......and the consensus is almost always 100%.......and when it is not....it is usually the person who owns a piece of gear that is the dissenter (ego attachment).

We can trust our hearing.....there is TRUTH in audio.....but you have to do many, many, many super critical listening tests to really KNOW anything........and this is why there are so many varied opinions....as there is way too much gear out there and the opportunity to have them at the same time is extremely limited. We are all bozos on the buss.....doing the best we can. What is best today will be tomorrows boat anchor.....that is for sure.

Have a GREAT DAY......blessings and Love.