Topping LA90 evaluation and discussion (Integrated Amplifier)

[TheBatsEar]

Hectic minutes for @AdamG247 ;-)

 

[pjug]

Multiple threads (four) have been merged into this one. It’s a bit of a shitshow but at least the conversation is all in one thread. That’s what I get for sleeping in today. Holy moly you guys are excited about this!

You probably already noticed, but it would be polite to have Amir's post as #1. Thanks for the merge, though (sincerely).

 

[rebbiputzmaker]

Am I alone in thinking this lowest SINAD is just another pissing contest? Who can piss higher up the wall, who can get the lowest SINAD.

It has zero relevance to audio quality, so why bother, other than because you can.

S.

Very true, and it also puts manufactures in a strange place because now they have some artificial pressure to make these numbers otherwise they’re going to be dumped on by some.

 

[antcollinet]

This review was supposed to go out Midnight tonight but I see that the information is released already by one of their sellers so here it is.

Where? - I feel I am lost in a maze of thread merges and can't find the golden review at the centre

 

[boXem]

Interesting to see that an amplifier not able to drive less than 4 ohm is considered as great by so many people. Another thread I will stop reading for the goodness of my blood pressure...

 

[staticV3]

The review has also disappeared from the "Reviews" page.
I feel like my request had kind of the opposite effect. I swear I had good intentions!

 

[Χ Ξ Σ]

Amirm isn't even the starter of a review thread anymore

 

[Bleib]

Interesting to see that an amplifier not able to drive less than 4 ohm is considered as great by so many people. Another thread I will stop reading for the goodness of my blood pressure...

Many people point out for example that sensitive speakers are for instance better to have.
Personally I'd much rather get the Audiophics 400, it has a lot more power.

 

[GeekyBastard]

Very true, and it also puts manufactures in a strange place because now they have some artificial pressure to make these numbers otherwise they’re going to be dumped on by some.

With this king of logic, we should stop testing and grading students, who cares, everyone's instantly rocket scientist now.

Shouldn't a good equipment performs well in objective test first? Most company couldn't even make a "decent" one, let alone a great performing one.

 

[AdamG]

In my haste to organize this rush of threads. I screwed the pooch and accidentally pulled @amirm ’s review into the merge. So the System re-sorts all posts by time stamp. I have since pulled Amir’s review out of the merged mess I created and it is a separate thread as if should be.

Here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...pping-la90-review-integrated-amplifier.33374/

My apologies for the confusion and rearrangement of the posts.

 

[GeekyBastard]

Interesting to see that an amplifier not able to drive less than 4 ohm is considered as great by so many people. Another thread I will stop reading for the goodness of my blood pressure...

And it can't even microwave my lasagna, just horrible ey?

Anyway, always love seeing competing manufactures doing trash talk, such an elegant move.

 

[antcollinet]

In my haste to organize this rush of threads. I screwed the pooch and accidentally pulled @amirm ’s review into the merge. So the System re-sorts all posts by time stamp. I have since pulled Amir’s review out of the merged mess I created and it is a separate thread as if should be.

Here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...pping-la90-review-integrated-amplifier.33374/

My apologies for the confusion and rearrangement of the posts.

Cool. Thanks

 

[formula 977]

If two units are used in mono mode will the volume controls track each other. Is there a remote or app included or is this basically a desktop amp?

 

[Χ Ξ Σ]

In my haste to organize this rush of threads. I screwed the pooch and accidentally pulled @amirm ’s review into the merge. So the System re-sorts all posts by time stamp. I have since pulled Amir’s review out of the merged mess I created and it is a separate thread as if should be.

Here: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...pping-la90-review-integrated-amplifier.33374/

My apologies for the confusion and rearrangement of the posts.

Thanks for a separate thread. My humble suggestion: next time we see too many "breaking news" thread talking about the same topic before Amir's review thread, you could close all the previous threads and redirect the discussion to be continued on Amir's thread.

 

[AdamG]

Thanks for a separate thread. My humble suggestion: next time we see too many "breaking news" thread talking about the same topic before Amir's review thread, you could close all the previous threads and redirect the discussion to be continued on Amir's thread.

Good suggestion. Hindsight! Normally I don’t touch Amir’s Review threads. I was doing too many things at once and did not realize, until the damage was done, that I had selected Amir’s review thread in the merge. We’re human and make mistakes too. If I’m not here next week. It has been a pleasure serving this incredible Community.

 

[staticV3]

If two units are used in mono mode will the volume controls track each other. Is there a remote or app included or is this basically a desktop amp?

No. There's no remote, App, or any other kind of communication.
Topping suggest setting the LA90's volume control to "Bypass" and using an external preamp for volume control if you want to use two Amps in bridged mode.

 

[TheBatsEar]

Interesting to see that an amplifier not able to drive less than 4 ohm is considered as great by so many people. Another thread I will stop reading for the goodness of my blood pressure...

I too post BS about my competitors sometimes.

 

[TheBatsEar]

Very true, and it also puts manufactures in a strange place because now they have some artificial pressure to make these numbers otherwise they’re going to be dumped on by some.

Only manufacturers that can't compete will agree with you.

I bet at Benchmark they just said "we will beat them with even better specs"

 

[staticV3]

@TheBatsEar according to the LA90's specs on Audiophonics, it can do ≥4Ω in Stereo and ≥8Ω in Mono.

 

[TheBatsEar]

@TheBatsEar according to the LA90's specs on Audiophonics, it can do ≥4Ω in Stereo and ≥8Ω in Mono.

But that wasn't the BS i talk about.