@cindyment I have used to different speakers on the Voyager GAN amplifier. InitialInitiaused heavily modded Revel F208s. About a week ago, i hooked in Spatial Audio X5s - they now have about 125 hours on them.
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.....
This 300 wpc amplifier is a real winner.....
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@jaymark , thank you for indulging me with what speaker you are using. I don't know the Spatials other than from the web, so I can't comment too much, I know the Revels, and was able to find an impedance curve for them. Their impedance drops below 4 ohms for most of their higher frequency performance. With the LSA, one would expect a droop/shelving of the high frequencies starting about 5KHZ, and continuing to about 1.5-2db down (roughly) at 20KHz. If you still have pretty good high frequency hearing, and your room is "lively" i.e. not a lot of absorption/acoustic treatments, that could make the amplifier both sound less harsh to you, and by taking the emphasis off the high, give better weight to the bass. As well, though our high frequency hearing is not as good, it can present a masking function for lower frequencies, so it could, just by making this "less busy" at least to you, give a subjective impression of better midrange. Compared to a traditional tube amplifier, based on the measurements I saw, the LSA will have far far less intermodulation distortion, and this could also make the midrange come alive for you in comparison. I am curious what your impression are with the Spatial Audio X5s. There is no impedance data, but it is listed as 8 ohms, so I would expect it to roll off less in the highs compared to the Revel with this amp. From a purely "state of the art" perspective, the LSA is not near the top, though I think some of the specifications, like IMD, are pretty good. I can see though, in your particular case, and compared to other products you used, why this amplifier could be the best you have experienced. I am happy that you came across it. |
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