Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ?

I've been into hi-fi since the early 70's have owned more gear than I like to think about. Don't know if there is such a thing as a keeper for life. My most recent plunge is a Will Vincent upgraded ST-70. Have always owned SS amps, this is my first tube power amp and I must say it sounds night and day from any SS amp I've had to date! I've owned the big ones in SS such as the Rotel 1090 which is a respectable piece. But I must say that this tube gives such depth that no SS I've owned comes close! Is it a keeper for life, don't know, but I do know that I've never owned a SS amp that I considered a keeper for life!

Yeah, the Atma-Sphere M-60 is a very special amp. I was not at all impressed with Odyssey, sorry. Couldn't wait to get it out of my rack, ick! Easily found a better sounding solid state amp then, have since moved on to tubes. I was in the Odyssey room at RMAF last year and that was pretty underwhelming, too IMO.

My speakers were Vandersteen 2's, now Merlin VSM.

My like new, refurbished Krell KSA250. Sounds about as good as it gets to me. Also, it just looks cool knowing you have a massive power amplifier that will drive any known speaker load on the planet. Overloading this monster is just about inconceivable!

Edge NL 12.1s are definite "keepers". I have owned two, still have one after the move from HT+2channel to 2channel a couple of years ago and have not heard anything in the solid state world that approaches it for the sound quality and musicality I want in my system. This, at least to me, is a 'destination' piece of gear.

I've had this amp for about 15 years and still love it. I use it purely via the CD inputs with passive preamp in front of it thus cutting out the preamp circuit in the amp. I also have a bass amp on my subwoofers and the crossover lightens the bass burden on the amp.

Still going strong... but then again, I'm an oldtimer!

Steve Silberman