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Best ICE-powered amps ?

I´m thinking of building a nice second system around ICE powered amps but haven´t got a clue (and currently not the time) to compare them.

The ones I know and heard good things of are:
- JRDG 501
- Bel Canto e.One Ref. 1000s
- NuForce Ref. 9 SE
- Red Dragon

Which one is the best ? Are there any ICE power experts on agon ?
frankpiet
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drubin
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Hansen designed someboday's amps besides his own, didn't he? Maybe he did the Dreadnaughts.
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bombaywalla
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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.
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drubin
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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."
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elberoth2
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FYI Charlie Hansen designed only two Avalon models, before selling the company to Jeff Rowland.
hobby
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Guidocorona,

the Citadels run quite cool. I don't know (- or care -) much about the amps technology, but they are definately not ICE.
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