LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

I wouldn't go by anything ASR says about anything.  They reviewed the Class D Audio mini GaN amp and found "I had trouble getting the amplifier to function initially. It would simply not output anything."  Then magically the amp worked later.  The case of the mini GaN amp is magnetic and perhaps interfered with his initial try or it was the cheap connectors (I have one and noted the cheap connectors and magnetic case in a review elsewhere - in the system where I currently have it, which is basically a guest bedroom, I don't think the connectors are of as good quality as a Marantz 5010 receiver I have in the system as I couldn't get the high level connectors to a sub and speaker connectors working on one channel - was fine when I connected the sub to the receiver pre-outs).

It is hysterical that people even follow that site.  I have a friend who bought the Apollon Audio IcePower amp in the narrow depth case they reviewed.  ASR mentioned the case - "The top and rear plates are to blame. I have no idea about the metal used, but it is clearly not rigid/solid enough."  Whatever he said about the case is BS.  Yes it is not a Bryston or Modwright or the case one would find in an expensive amp.  ASR seems to have issues that from personal experience just don't exist.  It is either the worst luck in the world or an agenda of some sort.

ASR review: what a crock! 93 people didn’t like it at all. When the hell did 93 people get one to report negatively? Down right slander

Measurements tell a lot, It does not look good to me.

If you have a 4ohm load then it’s going to sound rolled off in the highs, compared to if you have an 8ohm load, then it'll sound hot in the highs

And then there’s the terrible designed balanced input gain and noise difference, rca was fine.

Thanks Andy

As I noted here - https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=179033.msg1882290#msg1882290   "There are all kinds of skill levels when using a tool of any kind.  It is always better when the people with the most skills use the same tool.  Pros always make it look easy and that's why in many cases even when I have tools for something I can do, I call a real pro."  Knowing how something sounds requires listening.  I've owned a bunch of amps (Class A/AB as well as Class D) and it's easy knowing what something really sounds like when one has lived with them long term and listened to the same music (and I've posted about my speakers many times and their impedance measurements, which also can be found as measured by real pros from major audio magazines and no need to post it again here in response to a worthless audio website - I also will not be waiting up on an upcoming holiday for a visit from Santa and don't need to re-post about that either - whatever one enjoys - go ahead and enjoy).

Andypandy,

Look closely at the graph.......these divisions are one half db.  At 10K....where MAYBE you could hear a difference......at 8 ohms it is .2db high........at 4 ohms it is .3db down.  You can hear that?  Can anyone hear that?.....don't think so.  Usually it takes a half a db for someone to notice a gain change.  The Oppo volume control on the 205 player had one half db steps......and you could barely hear it.......and that was changineg the gain of all the music.....not just at 10K.

The particular amp that was reviewed was obviously not functioning properly.  All of us who have listened to this amp via balanced inputs would have noticed the difference in gain (10 db.....and the distortion difference).

So, you have a broken amp and a test that tells nothing about how the amp sounds. .....and of course, ASR does no listening tests.  If someone else sent him another Voyager amp it would not have that gain/distortion issue.  The Voyager amps I have had here work perfectly....same gain on both channels....measured and listening wise.  A seriously good sounding amplifier.