All Amps Sound the Same....

Audiofeil, no, no, no. Every power cord sounds the same, it's the wall socket that makes the difference. :-)

Below is a scene I'm writing from "A Few Good Audiophiles". (Any similarities to "A Few Good Men" is purely intentional).

Jack: You want the proof?
Tom: I want the proof!
Jack: You want the proof? You can't handle the proof!

Jack: Son, we live in a very electrical world. There are things that go on that you can't possibly fathom. I offer the security of a well made wall socket so that you can sleep at night under the blanket of knowing that you are getting the best sound possible. Deep down, you WANT that socket in your wall. You NEED that socket in your wall and I resent you even questioning my authority about the way I go about it.

Jack: Are we clear?
Tom: Crystal.

maybe 'all audiophiles sound the same' would be a more accurate ststement.

09-05-11: Rok2id
maybe 'all audiophiles sound the same' would be a more accurate ststement.

Not in a million years !!!!!

Most of my friends believe that all amps and CDPs sound the same (it is only about power while digital sounds always the same). Interestingly, they believe that speakers make big difference. 33% success rate ain't bad.

If all amps don't sound the same now, when will they?

I.E., board level components are cheap, excellent designs have been in existence for more than 50 years, even the more showy items such as heavy metal structure & etc. become a minute contribution to price once the price point hits a fairly modest mid-fi price level. What is there in the production of a world class amp that would justify more than say a retail price of $1500.00 for absolute state of the art performance?

There is the thing about some preference for NOS tubes come to think about it, so perhaps the rhetorical question would need to exclude high dollar NOS tubes or other bits of unobtainium that I'm overlooking.