Recent content by John Poplett

I'm encouraged that you're leaning toward the PA5 II as tjf suggested. My Kinter amp is fed by an Allo Boss 2 DAC to drive a pair of Audioengine bookshelf speakers. I am leaning toward the PA5 II myself and then, the fantasy goes, to build a DAC lego-style with Ian Canada components. It looks...

I am grateful for TJF's input too. This ASR post, Digital Evolution: some audio electronics history, makes the claim that Tripath played a major role in the popularization of class D amplifiers: I think it explains why we got so attached to amps based on the 2020A+ in the first place. So we...

I have a Kinter brand desktop amplifier that has the Tripath 2020A+ part. I bought mine in 2021. They are still available on Amazon for ~$44. I use it with an Allo Boss 2 DAC. It displaced a noisy off-brand Taiwanese tube amp and a Cambridge Audio AX35 integrated amp for sound and size. It...