@ luvmusik
Lake People G109 (A) and Violectric V100 share the same amp topology and so the output power is nearly identical.
However, V100 is made with standard thru-hole components which need more PCB space while G109 is made with as much surface mount components as possible.
This measure lowers the production costs and for my opinion all G109 makes suffer a microscopic bit in sound under special circumstances compared with the more conservative "brother" V100.
Again, nothing to be clearly discovered doing double-blind tests.
Both amps differ a lot when it comes to the mechanical efforts.
While G109 offers a "good" build quality, V100 is often quoted to be built like a tank.
In fact the case of V100 is double as thick as the one from G109, it is much deeper and nextel coated.
The front panel from G109 is 3 mm thick, only a bit grinded and the edges are a bit rounded while the front panel from V100 is 8 mm thick, milled from both sides, glass blasted, grinded and laser engraved.
But there is also something special about the silk screening of G109-A.
Here the paint is not applied after the anodizing but is part of the anodizing process itself.
So it is finally
in the surface and not
on the surface.
V100 offers the possibility of having a digital input and is more comfortable when it comes to set the Pre-Gain.
Finally I would say that G109 is an amp for those who like to have the Lake People / Violectric sound (if there is any
) and don´t care that much about a special appearance, while V100 is the choice for those who share the opinion that good gear must also have its attitude / look / weight !
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[color=windowtext]TreesGrassStone[/color]
I am the wrong person to judge the sound of the competition compared to the sound of our gear.
What I can say is that we work hard to design amps with “no sound”.
Both amps, G103 and Magni will offer more than enough power for low impedance headphones.
However, from the technical point of view G103 will offer much more output voltage swing - what is essential for high impedance headphones like DT880.
And, maybe an important point, I don´t know anybody who ruined his headphones with our amps.
Also I would recommend to go for the XLR version.
You can drive it also with unbalanced signals with the aid of an adaptor.
But the main advantage is the quad pre-gain instead of double pre-gain with G109-S.
Thank you,
Fried Reim