GaN amps: Peachtree or LSA Voyager?

This topic is like 10 other topics on Audiogon. No one disputes that we all differ in what we like. The issue in this topic and every other one like it is that some people make claims that "something" is audible but never prove beyond their personal account that it is audible. I have enjoyed Atmasphere’s posts over the last few weeks as he is clear and concise and relates specific outcomes for things we hear to how his or similar products operate. To me that indicates someone who understand what they are doing and understands the problem and solution. I have not seen him advocate "what is right", only what the result will be.

@kuribo perhaps you are advocating too hard that an amplifier must be technically perfect. Alternates to perfect can sound better to some. However, I understand also your general frustration.

@ricevs it is good to have positive customer feedback and especially if that is the primary feedback. However, while I was cramming on "how to run a business" before we sold out to the highest bidder, I remember reading in a strategic marketing book how businesses can stagnate because they think they are producing the "right things", but in reality, their customer base is exclusively those already predisposed to "what they are selling". Meanwhile, they miss the vast majority of the larger market who has no interest in what they are selling.

I clicked on the topic purely out of "academic" interest in GaN, but I can’t say this topic convinced me it is anything worth my dollars at this point.

Tweak1's point is also a good one. As a consumer with little to no background in electronics, most of the displayed specs for any piece of gear are simply beyond my understanding.

While I admire all you've done in this industry, I never needed to see measurements (nor would I understand them anyway) to validate, or not, my ability to hear whether something improves my listening experience, be they power cords/interconnects, going from rca kit to all dif balanced systems, dedicated lines, isolation/vibration devices, connection treatments, and in each of these examples  some/many are snake oil and others revelations

I'm fine with the listening experience. But when you are in it as a business having repeatable proof that your wares do what you say is a bit different!

@kuribo , if you were going to buy now a class D amp, which one(s) would you choose? Or, do you think that much better class D designs may appear in near future, and hence would you rather wait until then? 
 

How are you defining "better"? At this stage, the performance of several class d amps is excellent with distortion beyond the limits of human hearing. In addition to the technical excellence, several of these amps get rave reviews from a broad spectrum of reviewers and end users. I would look into Purifi and Orchard, see the reviews in Audio Express. Both are state of the art design, have extremely low distortion, and have a wide following. Unlike the Peachtree and LSA amps, they are not load dependent and will perform as advertised with any typical speaker load. Check them out.

By the way, I have owned Tripath, Spectron, Hypex (UCD and Ncore class d amps) and Purifi over the years and have followed the tech from these companies and many others over the years. Not that my opinion should matter, but I am familiar with the players and the products.

I'm fine with the listening experience. But when you are in it as a business having repeatable proof that your wares do what you say is a bit different!

Good to see someone here with a sense of business ethics.