What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today?

I never said I was going for a comparison by price. Though price is really BS in audio these days. I just laugh at some of the prices. My comparison is of one of the best GAN amps I have owned vs one of the best Class A + AB amp I have owned. For example, the $3300 Benchmark AHB2 is better on the top end than the CODA #16.

The PeachTree GAN1 after Rics mods is almost as good as the CODA #16 on the LRS+ and KEF LS50 Meta. Not so close on the Yamaha NS5000. That amp cost me $1500 + $600 for mods. The reason I am not using it is I want my analog tuners to be used. The GAN1 has no preamp just 1 streaming SPDIF digital input. The elimination of so much circuitry and cables plus Rics mods make $1500 almost equal $15000 (Coda raised prices).

Of course, better to me may not be better to you.

I am very sensitive to hardness.....me no likey.  I bet my mods to the Peachtree amp would not only address that issue but make it sound better in many ways.  Since I modded its cousin, the LSA Voyager couple of years ago, I have come up with a couple more mods to do to the output board (changing the output filter caps to my modded Wima caps and also removing some parts it does not need).  Would love to see how far this $2000 amp could sound with a $500 mod.......Who will be the first?

OK Ric, I will send you the GAN400. I paid $1200 for it.

I had a modded Voyager 350 GAN before. It was much better than stock and did not have the hardness on top. It did as stock. The deficiency with the 350 GAN was the lack of real grunt on the low end. I listened to that amp with the Thiel CS3.7 in my small office (treated). Maybe that low end issue was due to power supply? The GAN400 seems more powerful than the 350 GAN. (LRS+ and Thiel CS3.7 are not easy to drive)

Ric, when I get the modded GAN400 back from you I am going to listen to Sinead O’Conner’s Troy back-to-back on the GAN400 and the CODA #16. That will be my goosebumps test.

@ricevs.......I'll also go for your GaN 400 mod.....How do we do this.

The Fezz Audio Tube amps for the $$$ . I have the Silver Luna El. 34 tubes very nice and reliable and easy to use . Can"t go wrong check them out .