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06-05-10
Spectron musician 3 mk2... wow! to my ears, it just does ev ... Srosenberg
06-06-10
Threshold sa3, 50 watts of pure class a bliss with just a co ... Dracule1
06-11-10
Have had many amps. ml, plinus, arc, vac, threshold, and a f ... Dmsmusiq
06-11-10
I've had my absurdly heavy arc vt-130se for 15 years. if i ... Martykl
06-11-10
To most, nothing special, but for me, my ps audio gca amplif ... Bjpd57a1
06-12-10
Marantz 8b. love everything about it. Onemug
06-12-10
I second onemug's response. sold off most of my marantz tube ... Crooner
06-13-10
I believe there's a pharaoh audio giza ii with a stygian mod ... Khrys
06-18-10
The first amp i ever owner: dyna sca 35. sweet el 84 tube am ... Fstein
06-20-10
Plinius sa-103. Jhightower
06-21-10
The berning zh270. simply because it is dependable, has auto ... Tubegroover
06-26-10
Pass labs x260.5 Ranakabir
07-07-10
If you wanted to sit down and just listen to music, my bedin ... Rodmiller56
07-08-10
Pass labs xa160.5 class a monoblocks built in heaven a pair ... Rampage60
07-09-10
My first tube amp that very well might be my last coincident ... Montejay
07-10-10
Accuphase p-300 ;^0 Mcgarick
07-11-10
Burmester 911 mk3 monos. at my ears, the best solid state am ... Hr1
07-13-10
Wavac 833 mk ii will leave my listening room after me! Thuchan
07-16-10
I haven't come across such an amplifier yet. my tim rawson ... Gopher
07-27-10
All right -- maybe not for life but -- with budget in mind h ... Fathom7
07-28-10
Son of ampzilla 2000. at 100 wpc (200 @ 4 ohms, 400 wpc @ 2 ... Don_c55
07-28-10
I owned an origional son of ampzilla power amp in the late 7 ... Stereo5
08-02-10
Technics se-a3000,su-c3000 combo .many people criticizing fo ... Extravaganza
08-03-10
Ayre ax-7e. unless i win the lottery (hello ayre mxr/kxr), t ... Rufipennis
08-05-10
Hey guys, this is more to ask advice than to give it. now i ... Lewdworet
08-08-10
strongly suggest you check out the sanders sound system ... Soundlock
08-05-10
Lewd, check out teh various icepower or other class d amps ... Mapman
08-18-10
Here is my humble idea for a keeper amp, ready for this? ead ... Audioezra
08-19-10
An old-fashioned guy like me is very partial to bill johnson ... Listener614
08-31-10
I have a pair of the original quad ii amps that have on/off ... Su2618
09-02-10
Parasound halo a51. great specs, plenty of power, and very w ... Rontaylor1
09-03-10
The lavardin it, it`s a keeper, unlike you wan`t the hole se ... Fjoggedelic
09-12-10
Wyred 4 sound. Apostrophe
09-18-10
I own 2 mcintosh mc2000's consecutive serial #'s. these are ... Tjnif
09-18-10
bryston b60 is a keeper for life for me. either it's life ... Kbarkamian
09-18-10: Kbarkamian
This thread made me think back to my first hifi shop experience...
I went in looking into buying a complete system. I didn't know much about hifi, but I like to think I knew what good sound was at the time. I wanted my music to sound like it does when I see my favorite bands live. That's still my philosophy, so I guess I was onto something.
That great dealer told me to put the majority of my budget into the amplification. Sources come and go - the best CD player will be on borrowed time after a good 10 years of constant use. Formats come and go. Speakers come and go - surrounds rot out, rooms change, and so on. The best amps from 25 years ago arent outclassed by what's currently on the market. They may have gotten incrementally better, but there hasn't been an amplification revolution by any means.
He was onto something. I understand the source first crowd. I understand the speakers first crowd. I think the best investment by far (other than the music) is the amplification. Not even close IMO.
Kbarkamian (Answers | This Thread)
09-19-10
Tidal impact monos; two levels above my present intra and pr ... Karelfd
09-19-10
The one and only "grant 102s" from roy grant of uk ... Vinw
09-19-10
Mc275. i'm pretty happy with it Tzh21y
09-19-10
Air tight atm-3 monoblocks. owned them for over 20 years. ne ... Opus88
09-22-10
I have had mark levinson 33h & 33 edge signature 1.1 levinso ... Chuck
10-02-10
Meitner str-50 plus modded. or any meitner 55, 100,101. all ... Jayb77
10-20-10
Well, this is just my own preference, but i'll never part wi ... Aewhistory
11-16-10
Wavestream v8- arguably the best amp in the world Samuelg
11-16-10
My esoteric a100 is quite beautiful. i think i'm gonna keep ... Dbyni
11-16-10
Doesn't it depend on whether one owns speakers that will be ... Tvad
11-18-10
In the solid stae realm, all the clayton class a amps are gr ... Allchemie
11-19-10
I agree with chuck- vacs are very superior amplifiers. Samuelg
11-29-10
My newly purchased chalice audio 'talisman' set amps.....mon ... Calloway
12-01-10
I keep driving hours into the woods and leaving my cary sli- ... Artmaltman
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