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
Some people were asking me what the status of the modded Voyager. Ric sent it out last Thursday from the Bay Area, CA to be sent to me in Santa Barbara.CA. That is just a straight line 300 mile drive. FedEx has set the deliver date for Wednesday. Unbelievable.

I really hope the Voyager works like magic on my RAAL SR1a or Thiel CS3.7 in the office. I have new plans of getting the new RAAL lower end SR2a  headphone for my bedroom listening. This will work nicely (without needing to buy a headphone amp) if the Voyager works with the RAAL SR1a or Thiel.
Most of us are all anxiously watching this thread for updated information.  Thanks to all who are giving real world feedback.
FedEx is the worst. They delayed my shipment of Ric's modded Voyager again and now say this Thursday by the end of the day. I hope so because I am off to Texas this Friday morning. 

So the way this stands for me now is that if the amp is delivered on Thursday I will try to have something setup to play the amp 24 hours a day until Sunday when I get back home. I will listen on Monday.

I have upgraded my FM tuner this month. The new one arrives on Monday and I now need to pay for it (always the tough part). I was thinking of selling the Voyager to do so but I am not going to do that immediately. I need to make a longer range decision whether I keep the CODA 07x preamp and Voyager or sell both to pay for the tuner and buy new RAAL tube amp for the SR1a and SR2a headphones. I believe FedEx or US customs destroyed this new RAAL tube amp that I went to hear (someone dropped it).  So I now have to wait until November to hear it.

So keep that in mind when I give my feedback on the Voyager next week.
Sorry to hear about the shipping troubles.  Over the years, I've actually had more problems from UPS but in the last several Fedex has made up lots of ground in that department.  Unfortunately, I think they really don't care all that much about customer issues from my experience.  Many years back I even called corporate headquarers (901-818-7500 - they are located at 942 S Shady Grove Rd, Memphis, TN 38120) and tried to talk to the national customer service representative and that didn't seem to get any better response as I wasn't even able to get connected to anyone.
yyz,
Sorry to hear about your experience with Fedex.  I shipped my Rouge amp to Jay last Wed, and he got it Mon afternoon, no problem.  NYC to Fort Lauderdale area by Fedex ground in only 5 calendar days, not bad.  There's lots of buzz about the shootout he will do around tomorrow.  Follow it, and give your impressions, which will be blinded to all except Jay.  As with his legendary Rossini/MSB shootout, he will reveal the identities of each amp later, so perhaps heads will roll.