What qualities do you look for in a good amp?


Can you name them as well?
gonglee3
A nice, thick brushed metal faceplate with deeply engraved logo, and some really slick blue lights and LED's....oh, and those big, gnarly gold-plated terminals out back.....yeah, and those analogue meters to let you know how much g-force they're pullin'. And they gotta be real big and heavy so they aren't dwarfed by my thick, long speaker cables and power cords. Lot'sa them sharp cooling fins too to make it real stealthy looking. And it's gotta cost a butload of cash too, at least as much as your car...braggin' rights and all you know. Oh, and as a consession to my wife it has to go with the wood floors and leather couch.

Yeah, that's the ticket!

Marco
Thanks to all the posts - it helped me - now I expect more from an amp, which is a good thing for my futere hifi experience. I will try to look for the qualities you all suggested.
I do hate it when they blow up too often. You just get the air cleared, and there it goes again!!!