LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

+ another one (for Chorus).  My modded Voyager came late yesterday afternoon.  My friend is coming over later and we'll first listent to the EVS1200 with a playlist we went through last week and then swap in the Voyager (my system is a pain to get to stuff).  Seeing the Voyager in person, it really looks nice.  If it is not too difficult, I may try to do a video and put it on YouTube.  I did a video a bit after 7pm last night (with the EVS1200) of the first two minutes of one song and when I get it it I'll try repeating about the same time of day with the Voyager (used a decebt point and shoot camera and I'll see if it's not too much of a pain to get it on YouTube).

Vibe,

Some clarifications:

The Voyager I have is stock.
A friend just sold his Pass Labs 30.8 Amp and bought the Voyager.
I use a Pass Labs INT25 which is fairly close to the same as the 30.8
so his move caught my attention.

My setup consists of:

-Late 80's Tannoy FSM monitors with XOs rebuilt by Danny Richie.
-Innuos Zen MK3 Streamer/burner/storage
-Audio Mirror Tubadour DAC with reclocker upgrade.
-Uptone Audio EtherRegen

On loan:
- Wyred for Sound Preamp-fully balanced as is the Voyager.
- XLR cables.

My room is mid-sized with good acoustic treatments.
I listen from 55-70db only. 
Mostly Blues & Vocals. 

My comparisons have not been against other $3,000 Class D amps
with say 200+ wpc. That would have been optimum for a legit comparison but no one I know near me owns one.

I have been told by the same friend who bought the Voyager that he
has listened to the Merrill Audio GaN Amps. He felt Merrill Amps did
have slightly better SQ than the LSA product.
However at $15k-$25k for the Merrill vs. $3k for the LSA let's hope so. He could afford either and he chose the Voyager.

My goal is simply to find out if I prefer the Voyager over my Pass INT25.

The other amp I compared it to is a Lejonklou Boazu INT-$4k.
The Voyager had not yet been fully burned in at that time so
I must discard that result.

I also own a Line Magnetic 218IA Integrated Amp, EL84,
7wpc, flea power tube amp. I prefer the Voyager's SQ
over than the Line Magnetic.
Again it is not a fair/even comparison.

The Voyager I have now has 350+ hours on it. In my experience it
needed 200+ to reach 95% of it optimum SQ.  Like most of my gear
it produced perhaps 70% of it final SQ right out of the box.

I am still performing more comparisons so I am not ready to make
my final comments but can say:

-My senior sound engineer recording studio friend brought over his own symphony recording on CD. He is intimately familiar with it naturally. He liked the Voyager overall very well and felt it presented his work
very well.

My initial findings:
1. The Voyager has great presence.
2. The Voyager has strong Bass
3. The Voyager is simply fun to listen to.
4. It will be a hit with Rock & Roll lovers Bi-ampers, and JBL type
    speaker owners should investigate it.
5. For Two Channel Home Theatre I would doubt it can be beat.

To say Underwood HiFi has hit a walk-off home run with this
new product is not an exaggeration. 

Bring on your insensitive speakers with low ohm ratings.
Bring on your larger rooms. 
Bring on your Bass loving listeners.
Bring on your home theater,  2 channel sound folks.

This Amp may make a lot music listeners into music lovers.

As with Ulysses the Voyager may be your siren's song!

Great report/review Chorus!!!


IMHO, they should have named it David for all the giants it slays

One of the many things that surprised me was the V plays louder in my large room than the twice as powerful EVS 1200


Depending on when your V was made, it might have factory upgrades, which they’ve been including for a while now

hth

cascadesphil,
That's generous of you to try to make videos comparing the modded Voyager to your EVS 1200.  Meanwhile, you must have heard the two amps by now, and maybe you can make a preliminary report.  Take your time before making the video.

Has anyone had experience listening to both the Voyager 350 and the LTA Z10 or Z40?

thanks