GaN amps: Peachtree or LSA Voyager?

Last year I bought a pair of AGD Audions, but returned them. Squeaky clean and detailed but thin and grossly over priced for 85 watt monos.

if that is the experience of this poster, then i would guess there will be no oasis to be found in this barren desert of gan/d amps... 😅

ralph, a sidebar question

you have talked many times about how what we hear in different amps’ sound are a function of distortion artifacts the amp produces when it is driving a speaker load -- dynamic signal into dynamic load as a function of signal frequency and nature and amount of power being delivered (current and voltage gain) into load

question - in your view, what accounts for some amps having noticeably better soundstaging and imaging capabilities than others? be it solid state vs solid state, solid state vs tube, class a or ab versus class d types

most would say tube amps have the most expansive imaging, better at achieving ’holography’ and perceived image depth so to speak... while class a or ab amps can be all over the map in their spatial capabilites (some better one are quite good in this respect, while others are poor), and often, amps using class d modules really tend to flatten the soundstage and locate instruments/performers relatively poorly

curious to get your take on this... 

My theory is the the way various amps make distortion has a lot to do with it. I used to think it was how well the amplifier was able to get phase relationships right and I still think there’s something to that, but by no means is it the only thing! One thing that seems to have a bit of correlation is the decay in harmonics as the order of the harmonic is increased. It needs to be on an exponential curve. Another thing that I feel needs more research is the role that the 2nd and 3rd harmonics play in allowing the ear to make out the detail required to reproduce the soundstage correctly. This relates to my first sentence in this paragraph. If the amplifier isn’t devoid of distortion but the 2nd or 3rd is too low, apparently that can prevent the amp sounding 3D.

IME the class of operation has little to do with how well the amp is able to winnow out soundstage depth and detail.

thanks ralph for your thoughts, i tend to agree it is about higher order harmonics in the distortion profile and how these affect the auditory sensation of the decay of notes