Best ICE-powered amps ?

>> Weren't they designed by Charles Hansen of Ayre?
NO! to the best of my knowledge, they were designed by Dan(Dave?) Reich who used to work at Classe for years & years. When at Classe, all of his amps & preamps had model numbers that began with "DR". I heard that there was a falling out between the powers at Classe & Dan/Dave Reich & he joined Theta. This 4-5 years ago.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks!

Hansen designed someboday's amps besides his own, didn't he? Maybe he did the Dreadnaughts.

Drubin,
I believe that ALL of Theta's amps were designed by Dan/Dave Reich incl the Dreadnaughts.
Charlie Hansen could have designed somebody else's amps (I knew that he designed many of the Avalon speakers but I didn't know that he free-lanced amp designs...) but they were not Theta's.

Maybe they both worked on it. In this review of the Citadel monoblocks in the July 2006 Ultimate AV, Shane Beuttner writes: "The main circuit design for the Dreadnuaght, and therefore the Citadel, was by Ayre's Charles Hansen."

FYI Charlie Hansen designed only two Avalon models, before selling the company to Jeff Rowland.