LSA Voyager Gan 350


Anybody have exper with this amp, LSA Voyager GAN 350, sold by Underwood?

donnrut

@donnrut  If you like Class A and do not like the heat and cost, you should look into the new KRELL XD lineup. I already own the K-300i integrated amp which is an incredible integrated. I use it in my bedroom.

I just got a KELL 125XD amp that in lineage is my replacement for the Voyager. As I mentioned above the Voyager was not good with my SR1a headphones while the Class A Krell is the very best with them. I have tried a lot of amps with the SR1a. It is not an apples-to-apples comparison of headphones vs speakers, but I did go for Class A over the Voyager. The KRELL has more body, smoothness, and way more power on the bass. Now these are not always what I seek in an amp but in terms of matching the SR1a these were just what was needed.

The Voyager GAN to my ears mostly errs on the omission error side.  They are mostly deficient in bass slam.  Otherwise, they are really good.  I suspect after talking with Walter Leiderman that his subsequent offerings will address this issue.

I would think big banks of small low impedance caps in parallel with the current caps would improve the bass and dynamics a lot.  Here is an example of super bank for an amp:

Trouble is, these caps and others like it are in very low supply with long lead times.

LSA GAN 350 NEED improve their POWER wire into 13AWG to get better power, and don't use plated silver wire , put pure silver wire in signal will be better,

and Rectifier bridge need more AMP