Audio By Van Alstine DVA M225 mono amps

The May/June issue of The Absolute Sound gave them a terrific review. One of my friends is using older Van Alstine amp and pre with his Philharmonic 3 speakers and the sound is awesome. AVA has been making well regarded audio equipment for years.

Heard great talk about AVA, even heard positive about their customer. Service. 
 

  Very basic designs, which have good reliability

Head over to AudioCircle.  There are several long and detailed threads about these specific amps.

Just bought a pair about a week ago and I must say I am loving them! I am using them with Black Ice F 360 Pre and Zu Def. IV's They are smooth and warm sounding with great dynamics and slam. . Not sure how much warmth the F360 adds? Forgiving of bad recordings. I feel  the reviews that are out there are pretty much spot on. As efficient as the Zu's are they can also take a lot of power. I have driven them hard and the amps have only gotten warm. I believe the first 20 watts are class A I would be interested in pairing them with their new digital preamp but at this point I am content. Finally!