Never heard your amplifiers..better probably isn't the right word. Different yes..the Patek isn't a Solid State made to sound like a tubed amplifier, but it does portray some attributes of a good tubed amplifier... Although it isn't a bloomy unit either.
It is very transparent with solid bass and life like highs..none of those over the top stringent grainy highs. Most of all it is EXTREMELY quiet..no humming or hissing with this little guy. There are only 9 components in the signal path of this amplifier..I'm guessing this is the key to its extreme transparency. CONs..It must be used with a benign impedance load. No 4 ohm loads or mating with speakers that have phase angles like the Rocky Mountains.
