LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

Parts Connexion also sells their own branded version - https://www.partsconnexion.com/CONNEX-83389.html

My Voyager GAN begins its journey for mods later today via UPS.  Thanks  @yyzsantabarbara for the update on how your Modded amp sounds.  

Viber, so you briefly worshiped at the altar of the Tube God, with Harvey "Gizmo"?. My dream cult amp for a while. You must have fun audiophile stories in NYC then, between your monthly reads of the Audio Amateur and TubeGod pamphlets, and scoping out the rigs at Sounds by Singer.😍 Are they still prominent?

Got back from my trip to Texas and started playing the modded Voyager on my RAAL SR1a headphones. The Voyager was playing constantly while I was gone,  my estimate is 72 hours of post mod burn-in.

In the past, my comments on the Voyager with the RAAL was that it was not a great combo, just OK. Something seemed off compared to the CODA #8, KRELL K-300i,  and the Benchmark AHB2 (this required a SR1a specific Convolution filter running on ROON Core).

Today, I am running the Voyager without any Convolution filter to my CODA 07x preamp and RAAL SR1a. The sound is like the AHB2 but I do not need the Convolution filter to tame the highs. Just brilliant sound. Amongst the best sounding RAAL amps now, along with the CODA #8, KRELL K-300i, and AHB2 (with filter). There is less bass than with the KRELL but similar levels as the AHB2 and CODA #8.

I have not played the modded Voyager on my floor standers since I got back from my trip but based on my comments last Thursday I expect greatness (maybe more). I cannot test this now since the family is sleeping.

The fact that the Voyager sounds so goods with the RAAL and Thiel CS3.7 (on Thursday) is the best possible outcome. I can use either of the amps on either speaker and have great sound. This was not the case prior to the mod.

There were some posters earlier on this thread that were saying mods do not work and the comments by people like me are confirmation bias on the money spent. In my case, I have a few amps that I am comparing the mod with and I think I have a good baseline of where the pre-modded amp stood with respect to my other amps.

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On Monday, I am taking a drive to the dealer that sold me the CODA 07x preamp and I will figure out once and for all if my preamp has an issue with hiss.

yyz,
It seems that the modded Voyager still has rolled off HF compared to the AHB2, using the Coda 07X preamp.  Can you compare the modded V + Benchmark LA 4 to the AHB2 + LA 4?  The LA 4 is still the most revealing preamp.  

Most relevant here, can you say how the modded V compares to the stock V?  So far, it seems that the basic information retrieval gap remains between the AHB2 and V, modded or stock.

When you are ready, offer to send Jay your modded V.  My stock Rouge is giving serious competition to Jay's undisclosed amp.  My Rouge is more neutral, which some people don't like, but I predict that your V will give most people what they want with its slight warmth.  This will show that some class D amps must be taken seriously and offer a practical and much cheaper alternative to big expensive amps for providing SOTA performance as well.

I don't believe that Jay's group will care much for AHB2 in either stereo or mono form.  The AHB2 is not as dynamic as either my Rouge or your V.