solid state power amps, golden oldies

One amp manufacturer is not here - B&K Components - they made great amps during this time period. The ST-140 was probably their biggest seller and was rated as one of the ten best buys in Audio according to HiFi Heretic magazine. I had one and also the EX-442 but I had the Sonata version which came out in 91 I believe. That was a great sounding amp, but there are many others too. Aragon, Forte, Sonographe, Superphon are all great too

I'm not so sure the oldies were "golden".
especially when you hear a high quality tube amp of recent yrs.
Could never go back to ss after i know a good tube.
btw I bought a used Marantz 250 last summer, was going to use it for bass supply on dual amping.
gawd aweful super duper grainy sound. Can't believe I use to love that sound in 1970's. YUCKKK

A nice little system I had in the 80's included PSE's Series 5 mono amps. Nice sounding amps for right around $2k. I don't think they're in biz anymore....could be wrong.

Citation 16a they last forever if you take care of them I have 2 driving B&W 804 sounds wonderful.

Brown Electronics Lab BEL 1001                Bedini 150/150                                              Robertson 4010                                              Quatre Gain Cell                                              Quad 303, 405, and 50's modded                GAS Son of Ampzilla                                      Electron Kinectics Eagle 2A                        Perreaux 1250B                                              Spectro Acoustics 500                                  Phase Linear 400                                            Hafler 220                                                        Acoustat TNT                                                  SAE Mk XXXI                                                  Belles Model 1 and 2                                    NYAL Moscode 150                                      I presently (June '17) own all of the above amps! They are in use with vintage speakers: DCM Time Windows, SpeakerLab 7's, JBL 166's, Altec Santana's and Stonehenge's, KLH 6's, AR 2A's, Snell Type A 3's, E's and J's, Rectilinear III's and Mini III's, AR 4's, Walsh Sound Cylinders, Quad 57's              KLH Nines, Rogers LS3/5A's