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

I do like the ASR Battery Powered version. They are smooth and easy to listen too. At the end of the day forget about all the audio jewellery its a big waste of money and time.

Find a nice smooth amplifier which is transparent to the source but has a slight warmth to it. This will save the headache pills and keep you in the listening room all day. Everyone on here is going to say his amplifier is the best this and that. it all comes down to how long you can listen to music with absolute musicality. I always found smooth sounding components slightly more warmer and emotional. These are just my own opinions. I am also into pro audio speakers and have a set of Danley SH50 and still looking to purchase the Quested LT20s. I'm into music, home theatre and PC Gaming on the big screens. I spend hours in the theatre room so for me its important. That's one reason why I went with the claytons. I do miss them allot but could not hack the loss off funds anymore.

I'm in love with my LSA Signature integrated. Though I'm a nit-picker enough to have it sent off to be upgraded to the Statement edition come the new year.

I was able to score a Coda S100 today for under 2100.00 with freight and I am just over the moon.
I'll keep all posted.

BAT VK-5200 is a keeper for me.

I have a Musical Reference RM 10 that is so unique in that it extract such good drive from the little el84 tube. No other amp I know of gets 35w from 2 of these little guys. Plus this little guy is easy to bias and tube rolling is fun. I think the el84 is my all time favorite power tube especially since I can get 35w and drive just about any reasonable speaker. This amp and my Logitech Navigator are pretty much off the market permanently. And that is a rare statement for me if you look at my transaction activity on A'gon