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

@ Isochronism,I use JBl speakers as well,the L7,with the Taralabs omega 10" jumpers,one of the best sounding speakers with these top tier cables that I would put against anything in the $40,000.00 class speakers on down!,I have listened to all price ranges over the last 25 years,I accidently stumbled across these speakers a year ago,talking about wow!,they are the most diffulcult speakers to place that I have ever seen,but the pay-off is awsome to say the least 32hz to 27khz,with one of the best imageing and sound stage that I have ever heard from most speakers period!cheers!

Hello Audiolabyrinth,
The LE8Ts are only single 8"drivers. I just looked up your L7. I was not familiar with them until your mention. Look really nice!! Must sound fantastic!!
I have always been a JBL fan. I actually have a pair (in storage) of JBL 4550 cabs w/ original HF horns and drivers.
Since this is a thread about amplifiers, I've said too much already.

@ Isochronism,Thats awsome you have all those jbl speakers! If you decide to start a jbl thread let me know,jbl currently has speakers like the everest model and down with a few new models that are very costly!I am sure they are worth it,the speakers I have are the last high-end,not junk!,none horn loaded speakers they made before they went back to esoteric costly horn loaded speakers,I made the cabinets inert with still points top notch footers,since on this paticular speaker they skimped out on the reinforcements of the cabinets to keep cost down in 1992,the drivers are the very same as the ones in the everest and a couple models below that,the bass and mid-range drivers,My speakers go a little lower in bass than the new much more costler speakers jbl has,the still points and cables that I have should put them in the same conversation as the new exspensive jbls!,sorry amp people,Its not everyday I get to speak to a jbl lover,so please excuse me.,cheers!

ASR emitter amplifiers are keepers for life. built quality is beyond reproach, cost no object quality.

Sound wise they are very balanced, never creating fatigue but with huge sound-stage and detail. they will match most speakers as their character is neutral (not to be mistaken with cold-analytical)

they count as integrated amps, though the weigh of the smaller one is approx 50 kgr (>100 pounds) including the humongous PSU.

you cant go wrong with an ASR

While I may never sell my 300B mono blocks; they will not drive many loudspeakers effectively. Eight watts is eight watts, period and loudspeakers mated with them need to be north of 95 db/watt/meter to avoid obvious clipping.
That said; the 300Bs mated with my Tannoys are an excellent pairing and I could live with them till I die. Still, more power is a luxury I am fortunate to afford and 60 watts Class A/120 watts Class AB is even sweeter as I rarely bump my head with these and not a transistor in sight.

Perhaps an amplifier/loudspeaker pairing would have been a more meaningful topic.