New SMSL all-in-one amplifier?

[Max]

Hi everyone

I've just found the following test of a new SMSL A2 all-in-one amplifier done by @WolfX-700

https://www.l7audiolab.com/f/smsl-vmv-a2-amp/

It seems very interesting but I haven't found any other information, yet. If anyone has any to share, it would be great .

 

[adamjohari]

It's an all in one, meaning dac/amp? No headphone out though...

 

[WolfX-700]

It's an all in one, meaning dac/amp? No headphone out though...

DAC+Preamp(Analog in)+Poweramp

 

[Vini darko]

That's a very impressive set of measurments. Even dipping into the point triple zero category
Smsl done good

 

[Max]

DAC+Preamp(Analog in)+Poweramp

Thanks for the measurement Wolf! Very good job!

I don't read chinese (just looked at the measures and pictures). Is it a prototype or a finalized product?

And overall, what is your global feeling with it? Well designed, well manufactured, easy to use? Thanks for your feedbacks

 

[Matias]

Thanks for the measurement Wolf! Very good job!

I don't read chinese (just looked at the measures and pictures). Is it a prototype or a finalized product?

And overall, what is your global feeling with it? Well designed, well manufactured, easy to use? Thanks for your feedbacks

Use a translator:
https://2unb5sld2o2hb7fbweoju6gfba-...udiolab-com.translate.goog/f/smsl-vmv-a2-amp/

 

[ModDIY]

It's still a TDA7492 amplifier from ST Electronics. It is not recent technology. To have had some chips of this technology, I find musically speaking quite ordinary as a sound.

https://www.st.com/en/audio-ics/tda7492.html

On the other hand, perfect as background music or for a secondary piece.

Also the price is very good, and I like what SMSL do.

 

[GGroch]

There is some discussion of this amp on Amir's SA400 Test thread. It appears to be a close cousin with digital inputs. It is not clear to me if Wolf's test results, which look significantly better than Amir's, used the digital inputs.

 

[Max]

Use a translator:
https://2unb5sld2o2hb7fbweoju6gfba-...udiolab-com.translate.goog/f/smsl-vmv-a2-amp/

Thanks! And the translation is very good (I'm not used to read chinese websites)

 

[WolfX-700]

There is some discussion of this amp on Amir's SA400 Test thread. It appears to be a close cousin with digital inputs. It is not clear to me if Wolf's test results, which look significantly better than Amir's, used the digital inputs.

I used the Coax input in my measurement. I remember that I verified it with an analog input and it was almost the same. So I did not output the chart. To confirm, I will re-measure the result of the analog input

 

[HorizonsEdge]

I read the translated page. currently the last comment is

Will there be power amplifiers in the future? The current price of the power amplifier market is too nonsense. There is aiyima a07 in the hundred knives. The performance and interface are all four-digit gadgets. It is true cerebral hemorrhage.

Translation is great but sometimes what you get makes you laugh!

 

[GGroch]

With the recent DA-9, SM400, VMV A2 and this class A VMV A1 release, SMSL is getting more serious about audiophile speaker amps. Yeah! It seemed odd that companies like Topping and SMSL would engineer state of the art headphone amps and DACS but not speaker amps of the same quality. I see the A1 has a headphone jack on the rear.

The A1 seems odd for a class A in that while it has a temperature monitor on the display, it is physically small with no visible heat sinks or venting. My view has been that Class A is similar to an R-2R DAC in that there are easy to explain theoretical benefits, but probably no measurable or audible benefits.

 

[mononoaware]

I see the A1 has a headphone jack on the rear.

Yes I thought this was odd, kind of saying “it’s here” but “I am a speaker amp” or only for special use case ?

Another thing I found odd about the VMV A1 is it has RCA inputs only.
While the matching VMV D1se has both Balanced XLR + Unbalanced RCA outputs.

Constant temperature monitoring is interesting and useful for a compact design/small amplifier which is easily pushed to limits.

 

[Sound86]

I just wished they would give their DA-9 Wifi or at the very least a USB-In at the back. At the price point of the VMV series there is just too much decent competition and the same will probably be true for the new A2.

 

[adamjohari]

Feel like a DA-9 with a Topping D10s Dac would be way cheaper for not much less performance