GaN amps: Peachtree or LSA Voyager?

@niodari

Having been both a dealer and an audiophile for many decades, and having owned plenty of amps, including SS, tube, and hybrids, after 1.5 years owning a Voyager, there really isn’t much in the $3K range that comes close, new or used. Any perceived shortcomings are likely coming from what is upstream from it, be they components, cables, iso/vib control, PLC, quality of the electricity, lack of quality contact enhancements, or downstream; speakers, room treatments... so if you can get any money off the $3K, it’s a bonus

@tweak1 thanks for the update.

Price-range is important but SQ is much more important. Even so, Orchard mono blocks are i think arround $1500, i don't really need much power and apparently they sound clean. I may still be tented to take Voyager for about 2k.

JR 535 ? Bel Canto 600 Ms ? Great amps, with their own flavors and personalities. Just need to find " the ONE ", which is not easy. Good luck.........My best, MrD.

@mrdecibel Thanks! Yes, looking for that lost chord. The Bel Cantos are close though. So many choices. I’m very curious what good A/B brings to the party. If this doesn’t work out it will be GaN of some flavor.

I’m very curious what good A/B brings to the party.

'Harsh and bright', IME, unless the designer has really done their homework and has enough Gain Bandwidth Product in the design to support the feedback it employs. If not, the feedback will decrease as frequency is increased and will be one of the reasons for increased distortion at higher frequencies. This in turn results in harshness and brightness (especially at higher volume levels) since the ear assigns that tonality to distortions in the upper end of the spectrum.

That is one advantage that some class D amps have over conventional AB amps.