AGD Audion GaN Class D In The House


During the last decade i have managed to try in my home 95% of the Class D amps offered to the public these include the so called break thru offerings of the last year or two. While there has been progress the class D signature remained and this included what was lacking in class D amplification.

When i heard about AGD i thought here we go again because i had been there and done that so many times with class D but the GaN tech had me intrigued so i bought a pair of the Audion amps, i thought i would give class D one more go.

I received the amps two days ago and have about twelve hours of listening. From the first minute onwards these amps had my full attention. There is no connection between this class D amp and class D i have heard in the pass no connection what so ever. Forget classes A, A/B, D or whatever this is just an excellent sounding amp, it delivers music that belongs at the upper levels of Hi End audio reproduction.

It`s only been a couple of days of listening but i`m so taken back at the quality of sound i just had to share. I will add more the more i listen, good or bad.
rh67

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@johnnieshouse

I loved/hated my time with my 2+2s: the hate part because ~20 years ago, while the servo amps sounded much better than the SS interfaces, they were unstable. Long after I sold them, someone figured out how to stabilize them

Would love to hear them with the AGDs
To all who are capable of buying AGD, I suggest you contact Mike Powell: YTC: OCD HiFiGuy

Make an appointment and fly to Atlanta for a day or 2

Also, I have read 3 very positive reviews of PS Audio M1200s (tube input); 2 reviewers kept them. I have owned a EVS1200 (no tubes) from Tweakaudio for over a year and have zero qualms with it. I am still in anticipation of receiving a LSA Voyager (GaN amp), which has its' work cut out to significantly better the EVS1200

hth
RH67, et al
It seems many/most of the GaN amps (including the very expensive ones) are voiced too far on the warm side, as though the intent of the designer was a tube-like sound.

Thoughts?


Gfi      seems to be a good point:

Not only that but all that power supply current has to run through those pins/sockets, which should by any tech standard, be a solid soldered contact.

Time will tell
It appears that the long night of waiting patiently for the LSA Voyager GaN amp is coming to a close. I don't know whether it will still be $3K, but I doubt it will be anywhere near $7500
https://www.underwoodhifi.com/products/lsa-electronics
@ricevs

I just came across your reply to me. "The odds that he will deliver on his newest date are very, very low. But, it will happen......some day.....maybe this year. I don’t know why you keep posting about it.. "

Well, I always say that it will have a big task in that I absolutely LOVE your EVS1200. Anyway, since breaking in the EVS1200, I no longer "need" another amp, and having had the PSAudio M700s in my big room, I seriously doubt 200/400 will light my fire