bob412
Active Member
My neighbor recently invited me over to hear his new stereo amp or what little there is of it . When I saw it I kind of chuckled . He's into high efficiency listening . Anyway his system consisted of this tiny amp called the Lepei connected to a very old pair of full alnico Klipsch Heresy loudspeakers and a NAD cd player . He's clearly into minimalist audio . His room is dedicated to nothing but this meager system . The speakers are nicely spaced about 8 feet apart on oak stands . I expected to hear nothing but crapola but boy was I in for a surprise . This little amp sounds almost tube like . The sound is wall to wall and with a nice spaciousness . Extreme treble is a little rolled off but this thing does midrange really well , the bass has nice weight to it for such a tiny amp . The speakers are so efficient that the volume was set at the 9:00 position renders about 75 decibels in this room , that's a nice level for listening to music . I couldn't stop listening to the CD titled "All Blues " by Miles Davis . Readers will think I'm exaggerating but this little amp is something special , especially when used with very high efficiency loudspeakers . Sorry to get off point . I've tried to figure out how such a cheap amp can sound so natural . My neighbor said it sounds good because it has a short signal path , much shorter than full sized amps . I believe that if this amp had high quality internal parts it would put a lot of expensive amps to shame , especially if used with high efficiency speakers . Anyone care to speculate on why these dirt cheap amps sound so good , please post . Could my neighbor be correct ?