LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier


Just got mine last week.  After 24 hours of play all I can say is that this is not your father's class D amplifier.  There is not one thing about its sound that reminds me of the class D gremlins that I do not like.  The low end filled in and now has deep impact, the midrange is the love child of a beautiful tube and clean hybrid amp - just gorgeous.  Highs are very clean and extended. Spatial cues are top notch. My system has had some damn good tube and solid state amps in it before and it has never sounded this good.  I am blown away with the quality of sound coming from class D amplification at this price point.

This 300 wpc amplifier is a real winner.....
jaymark

To be clear, the conclusion isn’t supported by the opening statement. You don’t know anything about me

This isn’t about you. It’s about the specs of the analyzer you claim to own. Unless the manufacturer is lying. There's been some innovations in this field since 1982.

 

but that measured distortion numbers and signal to noise, etc.....have any correlation to sound?......show me. show me the test results that prove it.

Isn’t it obvious that any audio device which injects spurious noise into the input signal which is measured at the output is not true to the source? If you like distortion, that’s fine, enjoy. But it’s called "hi-fi" not "hi-di".

This GaN amp is like the old tripath class d amp of 20 years ago- output dependent on the load. It may play nicely with some speakers but not with others. You can add or change the distortion all you want, it still isn’t state of the art and a second class implementation in comparison to other class d amps available for much less money. You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear, so they say.
 

With my analyzer cheap dummy loads have a -92dB noise floor.
 

Lol! This statement suggests that your analyzer isn't being run properly or its broken. 

What's the saying. The hammer is only as good as the person swinging it? I have already detected quite a few bruised thumbs.

 

I guess if a tree falls in the forest it really doesn’t make a sound. That is, only if you don’t have the ears to hear it, or the equipment to detect it.

"I guess if a tree falls in the forest it really doesn’t make a sound. That is, only if you don't have the ears or equipment to hear it. " 

 

As I noted previously, there isn't much sense to respond to someone without the appropriate experience to comment on a matter (no matter what field, audio or otherwise) - e.g.