LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

Sorry, you cannot know how something sounds by measuring it.  You have to listen......the ear knows what sounds good.........this is the best test.  Yes, you can get measurements out of a machine....and they have some use in audio.  But they do not tell you how it sounds.  Very different from drag racing......drag racing is power, weight, traction, gearing and drag.....you can measure all those things and make a car via these specs and it will make the quarter mile exactly as you calculate.  Audio is nothing like that......most things that change the sound....CANNOT, I repeat, CANNOT be measured.  So, the only way to know which amp gets down the quarter mile the fastest is to listen in your own system versus another amp......that is the only way to test it.

You are of course correct. Literally. Sound literally cannot be measured. This is just a fact. But it is a fact many of us miss because we confuse and conflate sound with pressure waves.

Pressure waves we can measure. This is literally what we measure with dB, pressure waves. When pressure waves reach a human ear they can sometimes be perceived as sound. Sometimes, because frequency or amplitude may fall outside human perception. But this is the key to understanding, hearing sounds is a human psychological perception. Physical measurement of pressure waves is not.

People who fail to grasp this crucial point are perpetually puzzled and unable to answer the simplest question: If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it does it make a sound? This is not a trick question. The answer is NO! The tree falling vibrates the air. Vibrations in air are not sounds. Human beings hear sounds. Microphones do not. 

This is so obvious, it should be Audio 101. Instead, look how many pretend to be audiophiles while not even understanding this most basic concept. 

abraxalito

Nonsense, ears are enjoyment equipment. If you want tests, use man-made test equipment.

Correct, amps need test and measurements and all the laws of electronics the best applied combination of all three which will make them work at their best, without them you have a serious pile of junk!!

Andy

People who fail to grasp this crucial point are perpetually puzzled and unable to answer the simplest question: If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it does it make a sound? This is not a trick question. The answer is NO! The tree falling vibrates the air. Vibrations in air are not sounds. Human beings hear sounds. Microphones do not. 

Absolutely correct. Ironically (or even tragically) Ethan Winer in the opening chapter of his book 'The Audio Expert' claims that the answer is 'Yes'. So much for audio experts!

Isn't there findings audible, and is it possible/probable that there was an issue with this amp, and shouldn't they have inquired to LSA?