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
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Showing 4 responses by muralman1

If you know how to feed it properly, the MH2O Signature monos are in a class of their own.
Snowfun 3, and Judy426, there are actually lots of H2O owners, I am just the only one with a mouth. There are owner reviews here, and elsewhere that echo the review at 6moons.

The H2O allows the emotional content of music through like no other I have heard.
And there are some people who will happily pay top dollar for old vintage wine, even though it tastes bad. ;)
Let me see, yup, it is still the H2O, matched with it's stable mate preamp, Fire. I don't have any need for tubes in the amp section. Carefully chosen tubes in the DAC satisfies my craving for valve magic. Meanwhile I enjoy the big sound of full range speakers setting the band in the room.