Good looking and sounding amp?

McIntosh or Electrocompaniet or Anthem in Silver.

Check out the Odyssey Stratos (http://www.odysseyaudio.com)! This is a 150W/ch amp that is available in a range of colors, but most importantly...sounds very musical. In fact it sounds better than most amps I've heard or had. It sounded markedly better than my Audio Research amps. Best of all...it's a true audio bargain (starts around $995 for stereo). Give Klaus Bunge a call (317)299-5578...you can't go wrong with this product!

First lets go down what a rough concensus, but in my ordered, would be of good sounding amps that can drive almost any load: ARC Ref 600 or 300, Krell's biggest, Boulder's best, VTL's 1250 and 750 sigatures now it gets dicey with Atmashpere's MA2MK11, Wavestream and maybe the Walcott's. Second, a larger group of smaller amps that do require some speaker matching: Nagra VPA, VAC 30/30, SF3, Pathos Twin Towers, Pathos Monos, Roland, Boulder, ML, ARC, Krell, Air Tight, Wavelenght,WAVAC-HE 833, and the Marantz T1. Note that budget wasn't a consideration. The ones I would love to have for their sound and their looks would be: Marantz T1, WAVAC HE833 and for SS the big Boulders. Those are my opinions and dreams. Oh, if I just had to live with one aroung $5K then I would get the Pathos Twin Towers and have Scott Franklin modified it because I heard these and they sound great. Have fun!

Try PS Audio New Power Frames. They might be just what you are looking for and PS Audio has made good sounding amps in the past. Sorry for the previous post. I just read the header and started dreaming and writing.

Shenzhi, If you like the Classe's products, just wait for a few months because Classe will release 5 channels amp (5x180). Retail will be $4000. It looks beautiful and very heavy. I don't know how it sounds, but I guess it sounds like other Classe's amps.