LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

Ric - the thread is supposed to be about the Voyager amp and impressions.  The same in reverse would be true if the title of the thread was how does the Voyager amp measure and people chimed in about listening (would be rude).  Obviously, some people not only follow the Jim Jones of audio (and whatever flavor the 900 people who drank the Kool Aid or flavored drink came mixed with the Valium to get to the promised land or wherever) and that is the first issue.  The second issue is the thread title and anyone with any sort of manners would start there own thread and expouse whatever their lack of understanding is and anyone who likes the Kool Aid flavor can join in. 

I own two of the products (and as I noted a sample of one battery in a package that doesn't measure up to snuff is not scientific evidence of anything and there is lots of information if someone cares to read it about appropriate sample sizes in any scientific study) as well as significant experience with a third that a friend owns (all amplifiers) in which ASR has done their thing and I noted earlier it is either horrible luck or a problem with the way it is done.  Those measurements and observations about the case used in one product couldn't be more off the mark about the qualities about the amplifiers in question.  So there is no sense in responding to anything expoused.  The vast majority of people with real knowledge already know the situation.  It is noted in the Audio Circle thread I linked earlier as well as in various other places - e.g.  Reddit (the title listed below) and various other places - to me there is no harm for someone to live in an alternative reality as long as they do their thing and don't impede those of us who actually know what reality is.  Let them enjoy.

Kuribo,

The world of one.....(he he...we are all one....spiritually).....is actually the game you play.  According to you.....all "audiophile" cables, footers, tweaks, fuses, cable lifters, ground enhancers, grounding systems, component stands, etc......are unnecssary and therefore all companies selling these things are snake oil salesman.  Same would apply to any company that claims they put in a "better sounding part" in their latest version of their amp or whatever......so this would mean almost all high end audio companies are also snake oil salesman.  And all the godzillion of people who use these components and accessories are all duped and fooled by this world wide conspiracy to take our money.  So, we are all just gullible fools and all those people selling us these things are just laughing on the way to the bank.  What a fantasy world you live in.....You certainly cannot talk to hardly any other audiophile without immediately getting an eye brow lift.

It does not matter that I make a few dollars or millions of dollars doing what I love.  What matters is the truth.  The truth, that is shown when one listens.   Ego oil is way more hazardous to our health and well being than any audio tweak.  Love oil is what we all need and want.  I love you.....you are beautiful.....just the way you are.

I never said all audiophile products are unnecessary; only you are unnecessary. People can choose for themselves what sounds "best" to them. They don't need some self serving self interested guru peddling bs to them about what tweakie wire or rubber band sounds "best". Some people like 10 scoops of sugar in their coffee, others prefer it black. To each his own.

I know in your heart of hearts you love me. I think you are necessary. You are loved....you are magnificent......speaking of rubber bands......remember this song lyric?

"Like a rubber ball, I keep bouncing back to you.....bouncy bouncy." I will always love you....always.

The objective measurements just show numbers.....they have little to do with the sound of an amp.

This statement is false. People talk about the sonic signature of an amplifer- that is its distortion signature. The problem isn't that the 'objective measurements' have little to do with the sound- they have everything to do with it- the problem is that the important measurements are rarely published anywhere.

If you want to know what is needed to create an amp that sounds like music, here are the things you need to see:

less than 1% phase shift at 20Hz and 20KHz

the same harmonic distortion at all frequencies, not just 100Hz (as is typically measured).

Either one of two things- either you have the primary distortion components be the 2nd and 3rd such that they can mask the higher orders. or the distortion is well below 100dB down (keeping in mind that this is true even at 10-15KHz). Or both.

IM distortion must be low- 0.05% or less.

If you satisfy these specs, you'll have an amp that sounds very musical. And if the amp does not, you can forecast what it will sound like. But most of this information is never published.