Do you understand your amplifier?

I thought I did...but one of us is schizophrenic! No I am not! Yes you are! Shut up I wasn't talking to you! Benny where's Benny?

I have a pretty good understanding of amplifiers and have over the years developed a preference for certain types of circuit topology. However, I moved to valve amplification several years ago and haven't really auditioned any of the newer amps. Valves simply sound better to me and I've moved on and settled in. I wish I had done it many years ago.

Yes!! I understand how my amplifier works
By the way an amp has no sound until it is connected to a speaker and source equipment.Therefore an amp can sound different depending on the speaker mainly and the source equipment

My problem is, my amplifier doesn't understand me!

Who needs to understand it? That takes all the fun out of it. Just enjoy the hell out of it.