Soncoz aren’t “newcomers” as you put it, the designer has produced several products under different names over several years so the premise of your supposition is nonsense. If you’d followed this particular amplifiers development you’d have known that features have changed and it’s been long-delayed. The Trigger has been implemented appallingly and doesn’t work with any current product.
Nothing since?
Did you get the chance to test this puppy out?However, I don't intend to return my SGP1 (unless it doesn't work at all) and will report back my thoughts, unfortunately only subjective, on its performance when I get a chance to put it in service - that may not happen for a bit, though - very busy time of year at work.
I'll let you know after this weekend. Unfortunately, other things have kept me from setting this up sooner, but it is in place now and all I have to do is cable it to the rest of the system and give it a go. Will report back soon.
; but so far, so good. It is serving as the primary front L & R channel amp in my living room right now (it's really intended for my bedroom setup; that's why you'll see the mixture of black and silver components).):
hmm. much bigger than I imagined. Quite handsome-and those VU meters!Well, finally installed -- a week later than indicated - Apologies! With some of the reports of failed channels, I got spooked and decided to at least test mine out. Intended to do this 3 months earlier, and now, the unit may be beyond any warranty?
Cranked the volume all the way up on the DAC (Topping DM7) and the secondary preamp (Topping Pre/Ext 90) [without the source playing, of course] and absolutely NO speaker hiss (speaker [actually component] hiss bothers me terribly and I've returned several mid- to high-end units for the same); so, at least, the SNR on this amp seems really great. Can't say if it sounds "superior" to my basic Denon AVR-A110 setup, but I doubt I could really tell the difference, anywhose. The Denon A110 is a decent-measuring component as far as AVRs go.
I've been concerned about the few reports of this amp in use, and a significant number (although extremely small reported overall sample) have had issues. Time will tell if this amp is reliable, but so far, no issues at all. And, I am pleased with its operation, although I've still got to put it through its paces. I'm also using it as the front channel amp for Home Theater Bypass use with the Denon and it's working as planned. But, to get it all automated and remote-controlled as I want will take a little finagling. Haven't tried the trigger, but I am expecting it won't work as reported previously and pretty much confirmed by Soncoz. I have a wireless power switch that I will employ, if my new AV power protection unit doesn't have a delayed power-on for amps.
Here are a couple of pics (please ignore the spaghetti of cables in the background, still moving things around
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That was exactly what i did. I made so far very good experiences with Audiophonics.If I was in the market for this amp I would order it from audiophonics to avoid warranty problems.
SONCOZ SGP1 Power Amplifier Class AB 2x240W 4 Ohm Silver - Audiophonics
The Soncoz SGP1 is a massive Class AB amplifier, designed for integration into high-resolution audio systems, which the brand has been working on for three years. In addition to comfortable power, it provides excellent SNR and THD...www.audiophonics.fr
Update. I received a new unit from Soncoz and so far so good. I was not informed what was wrong with the first unit but based on the fact that it ran considerably hotter than this replacement. I would assume the first batch had a glitch. Sound is transparent, neutral and operates much cooler even at idle.
www.audiosciencereview.com
