GaN amps: Peachtree or LSA Voyager?

@pehare 

That should be an interesting review. I have mad respect for Ralph, though Ive never been in a position to buy his kit. Why not start your own thread?

@kuribo 

WOW. I can't imagine why you would trash the Peachtree/Voyager amps. I have owned a considerable number of tube, SS, hybrids, I rank the Voyager with the very best of them. I listen to a wide variety of music, and it never disappoints

@kuribo 

My audio experience is quiet extensive, going back some 30 years before I was a partner in Audio Tweakers in the early 2000s.

I own a Ric Schultz EVS 1200, which I highly praised for well over a year, having previously owned W4S, Emerald Physics 100.2SEs, Audio Alchemy DPA-1, PS Audio M700s, and a Voyager 350 GaN amp, which has been my favorite amp in my system now for ~ 1.5 years. I hear no reason to replace it

MIKE DROP

@kuribo 

First, there are quite a lot of happy Ric customers OVER MANY YEARS.  Your insistence on bashing him (with no real proof, I might add) only serves to make YOU less credible. And since you have yet to say that you had an extensive listening experience to either of these amps, you're just a blowhard, and likely jealous of Ric's ability. 

@atmasphere 

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

KooKoo-ibo

you should read the crap you wrote in your own response as well as Ralph's

but I know you won't figure it out, so no further response from me

@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

@markmuse 

I think Ric Schultz mods the M225s

@nyaudio98 

If you don't have personal experience then keep 3rd party comments to yourself, or at least link to them. I have had one for 1.5 years+ and LOVE it. The more upgrades to cabling and transport I have done since owning it, the better it gets

@nyaudio98 

You need to double check how long the Voyager has been available. Much like other of your comments, this too makes no sense