The most emotional amp out there?


OK gang, I need your votes for the amp you feel that brings the chills, the goosebumps, yes maybe even a teardrop or two when you sit down and listen to your particular music of choice. Although many responders will automatically think of tubes, I do not necessarily share that "prejudice". I'm trying to find that special amp to mate with my Virgo IIs that really takes me to the heart of the music...as opposed to just performing the requisite audiophile tricks (e.g. imaging, soundstage depth, etc.). I'm tired of appreciating the specific virtues of a well known amplifier that I am auditioning but never really being transported to a place where I forget about the gear and simply am enthralled with the music.

Don't get me wrong - I enjoy the audiophile thing as much as the next person. But I am searching for the amplifier that will transcend the need to go through the checklist of listening attributes a reviewer does and instead will simply allow me to sit back and just be enveloped by the message that the particular recording artist I am listening to is trying to communicate.

I hope I'm being somewhat inteligible here and thanks for your suggestions.

Gregg
reneaugroup309c

Showing 4 responses by jsujo

I would put my 2 cents for a Berning, or a vintage McIntosh Mc225.

I am finding my cheapy Fisher 400C to be a beautiful music maker.
I always thought that emotion is in performance pace, distinct emphasis on certain parameters of performance..and majorly, on the composition. The greeks first discovered which kind of music pumps you up and which brings you down...

I cant believe that someone would need a top level setup to get the emotion out of a piece of music...
Combinations/synergy, etc etc...For emotion, I dont think that is the ticket. Even some bad synegry systems will sound tremendously good, depending what your prior experience is...

Audiophiles just seem to spin around in circles and give the gear too much credit, when I think its our level of receptiveness to the music. But we seem to close up when the gear isnt to our "liking" anymore.....

So we become more attached to the capabilities of the system than the music...I am guilty of this myself, but I always find good music, as emotionally satisfying when I listen to my old Fisher 400 thru vintage EV's as when I use my main Berning pre and amps thru Quad ESL-63 system...